| Definition | Term |
| An accompaniment that is improvised, typically it is in a non-melodic style? | |
| A bass that maintains a steady rhythm throughout a musical phrase? | |
| The range in pitch of a musical instrument in which it plays for a musical phrase? | |
| A short passage at the end of a section designed to lead the music back to the tonic? | |
| A deliberately weak note, generally inaudible? | |
| Half of a semitone? | |
| An expressive short slide in pitch, sometimes performed on a blues note? | |
| The addition of 7ths, 9ths and 11ths to a note? | |
| When you partially open the valve of a an instrument? | |
| | Definition | Term |
| A chord that is used as the dominant of a chord? | |
| A chord that functions in a similar way to the one which it replaced? | |
| The sequence of chords that accompanies the main melody? | |
| A chord that is played just before the beat? | |
| Accented notes on weak beats? | |
| A type of variation form? | |
| A performer with great technical skill? | |
| An ostinato? | |
| A section with the same chord progression each time? | |
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