Schumann – Album for the Young Op.

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IX. Volksliedchen

Vocabulary list

Homophony (vs. Polyphony)

Homorrhythm
Melody with accompaniment
Voice inversion
Parallel / Similar / Contrary / Oblique motion

Ternary form / Lied form / Three-part song form or ABA’

Sentence structure / Period structure (antecedent – consequent)
Regular / Irregular phrasing
PAC (perfect authentic cadence) and HC (half cadence)
Restatement, repetition, return

Tonic (T), Dominant (D) and Subdominant (SD) functions

Deceptive resolution of V (V-VI)
4̂ - # 4̂ - 5̂
Dominant with a substituted 6th

Range
Register
Contour => Ascending / descending line
Conjunct / disjunct motion
Climax
Broken chords
Chord tones and non-chord tones

Rhythmic pattern