Music GCSE
musical vocabulary and terminology
What musical vocabulary and terminology means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of musical vocabulary and terminology
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain musical vocabulary and terminology in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Appropriate words related to the areas of study, recognised and used accurately.
Topics that use musical vocabulary and terminology
- Component 3: Appraising - Musical language (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Chord symbols in contemporary notation
- Continuo
- Key signatures to four sharps and four flats
- Major and minor triads
- Roman numeral chord labelling
- slide
- Accurate reading and writing of staff notation
- Accurately using
Using musical vocabulary and terminology in the exam
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