Music GCSE
Decoration versus structural change
What Decoration versus structural change means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Decoration versus structural change
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Adding notes around a melody, whether written by the composer or added by a performer, as opposed to changing the harmony or replacing the melody.
Topics that use Decoration versus structural change
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Organisation of pitch (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- 12-bar blues
- Aural identification
- Bass line
- Broken chord
- Chord sequences
- Conjunct
- Disjunct
- Elaboration of existing melodic material
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