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46 Cards in this Set
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Rhythm
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The beat/pulse of the piece or ideas within a piece of music
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Semi-breve
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4 beats
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Dotted minim
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3 beats
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Minim
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2 beats
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Crotchet
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1 beat
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Quaver
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1/2 beat
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Semi-quaver
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1/4 beat
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Dotted notes
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Add 1/2 value in length to the note
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Syncopation
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Where the musical ideas fall off-beat or swung across the main beat
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Metre
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The time siganture of the music
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Simple time in 2
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There are 2 distinct beats to each bar
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Simple time in 3
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There are 3 distinct beats to each bar
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Pulse
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The natural beat e.g. heart-beat
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Accent
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Making notes stronger than others, played harder!
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Sforzando
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Sudden burst of sound or dynamic
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Accelerando
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Getting faster - the tempo gets quicker
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Ritenuto
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Getting slower - the tempo slows down
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Rubato
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Where the music is smooth and has a leisurely feel to it
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Harmony
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Use of chords or layers in music
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Tonic
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Gin and tonic - Home key
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Dominant
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The 5th degree of the scale (+5) from the tonic key
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Harmonic rhythm
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How the chords move throughout the piece of music
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Middle eight
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A slight break from the chorus and verse towards the end of a song
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Divisions
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Dividing musical material
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Variations
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Ways in which musical material can be changed/developed
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Ornamentation
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Ways in which a melody can be decorated
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Pizzicato
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Plucking the strings with your finger creates this sound
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Hook
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Simple rhythmic/melodic idea
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Pipe
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Early Renaissance instrument very similar to recorder
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Tabor
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Early Renaissance percussive instrument - drum
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Crumhorn
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Early Renaissance brass instrument like a trumpet
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Recorder
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Early Renaissance instrument
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Viol
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Early Renaissance stringed instrument like a violin
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Consort
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Early Renaissance group of musicians
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Lute
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Early Renaissance form of guitar
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Virginals
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Early Renaissance keyboard instrument
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Synthesiser
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Modern keyboard instrument
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Mixing desk
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A piece of hardware that allows you to mix musical sounds
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Remix
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Changing the intentions of the piece of music mainly by mixing it with other music
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Overlay
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Layering parts over each other
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Drum machine
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Popular in the 1970's replaced the traditional drum kit in recording studios
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Amplification
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Enhancing the volume of instruments e.g. electric guitar requires amplification
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Waltz
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A style of music that was popular throughout the Romantic genre. Has a metre of 3/4
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Pavane
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A stately Baroque dance normally at a slow tempo
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Galliard
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Paired with the Pavane. The Galliard is faster than the Pavane - gallop
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Disco
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A popular 1970's dance style, popular in clubs and bars
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