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S Structure and form; Style and period T Tempo; Texture; Time; Tonality R Rhythm A Articulation D Dynamics
Style and period (character; when the music was composed) Style can also include character or mood. Use words like: piangevole (plaintive) dolce (sweet) pesante (heavy) marcato (accented) agitato (agitated) vivace (lively)
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Texture (think in terms of thick or thin) Homophonic: chordal, medlody usually in the upper part with chords or broken chords in the lower part Contrapuntal: two or more melodic lines of equal importance combined together Time Number of beats in a bar (2, 3 or 4); simple or compound Tonality major, minor, modal or atonal Rhythm (the pattern of note values) Regular or irregular; describe rhythmic figures (e.g. dotted rhythm, triplets, syncopation) Articulation detached, smooth, accented or ornamented Dynamics (loud/quiet, gradually getting louder/quieter) mf; f; ff; mp; p; pp; crescendo; diminusndo
Here are the main musical periods, with approximate dates: Baroque: 1600-1750 Classical: 1750-1790 Romantic: 1790-1910 Early 20th century: 1910-1940 Contemporary: 1940-now Structure (including phrase structure) (form) Binary (AB) Ternary (ABA) Tempo (speed) performance instructions adagio; moderato; allegro; presto gradually getting faster accrlrtando (accel.); stringerdo (string.) gradually getting slower rallentando (rall.) or ritardando (retard.) in flexible time tempo rubato theme and variations rondo and sonata