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8 Cards in this Set
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dissonance
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creates tension, makes us long for resolution to a consonance or to a cadence
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consonance
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intervals/chords that are stable, free of tension
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ostinato
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short musical gesture repeated over and over in bass or anywhere
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resolution
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to go from dissonance to consonance
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cadence
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ending music to conclusiveness
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declamation
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natural way words are set to music.. free, homophonic
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basso ostinato (ground bass)
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bass repeated over and over
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basso continuo
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chords continually underlying the melody in a piece of Baroque music
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