melody

a single line of notes

 

rhythm
ordering of music through time
harmony
sound created by many voices and/or instruments
texture
number andrelationship of musical lines and voices
timbre
character of sound
dynamics
voulume of music
form
structure of musical work
genre
category of a given work
phrase
series of notes that are complete even out of song
candence
a stop
conjunct motion
notes very close to each other
disjunct motion
large leaps
scale
 series of notes that move stepwise and converse a complete span
major mode
happy/us anthem
minor mode
sad/ dido lament
meter
recurring pattern
chord
three or more tones simutaneously
monophonic
one voice
polyphonic
two or more independent voices
homophonic
parts move together rather than independently
hildegard
play of virtues
josquin
the cricket
byrd 
sing joyfully
purcell
dido and auneas
play of virtues-genre, texture, rhythm and time
plainchant, monophonic, free rhythm in middle ages
the cricket-texture, form, time
polyphonic, ternary, renassaince
sing joyfully-genre, texture, time
anthem, polyphonic, renassaince
dido and auneus- genre, texture, time
opera, homophonic, baroque
melismatic
many notes per syllable
syllabic-composer
one note per syllable, hildegard
medieval modes-composer
gregorian chant, hildegard
counterpoint-composer
compositional technique of writing polyphonic, josquin
word-painting-composer
use of music to depict specific words/ideas in text , josquin
motet-composer
highly varied musical compositions, byrd
elided cadence-composer
concluding one part and starting another, byrd
basso continuo-composer
continuos bass, purcell
french overture- composer
 gets audience attention, instrumental, purcell
recitative-composer
move story along, purcell
ostinato-composer
phrase repeated in same voice, hildegard
aria-composer
establish feeling, hildegard
ground bass- composer
bass line repeated over and over, purcell