Higher Concepts

Style Melody/Harmony Rhythm/Tempo Texture/Structure/Form Timbre
Chamber music Acciaccatura 3 against 2 Basso continuo Coloratura
Impressionist Added 6th Augmentation Concerto grosso Concertino
Jazz funk  Diminished 7th Diminution Da capo aria Harmonics
Lied  Diminished triad Irregular time signatures Exposition Ripieno
Mass Dominant 7th Time changes Passacaglia String quartet
Musique concrète  Harmonic minor scale Triplets Ritornello Tremolando
Oratorio Interrupted cadence Sonata form
Plainchant Interval   Subject  
Recitative Melodic minor scale Through-composed
Sonata Mode / modal    
Soul music Mordent
String quartet Obbligato
Plagal cadence
Relative major
Relative minor
Tierce de Picardie