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21 Cards in this Set
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Rhythm
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Aspect of music that deals with time
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Beat
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The pulse of music
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Meter
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Pattern of strong and weak beats. ex 2/4, 3/4
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Tempo
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the rate or speed of the beat.
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Melody
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organized series of notes
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Pitch
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frequency. The highness or lowness of a sound
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Dynamics
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Loudness or softness
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Timbre
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Quality of the sound. Tone Color
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Plainchant
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Monophonic, Nonmetrical. Sung in middle ages in churches. Written in Latin. Based on Modal, not major or minor.
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Troubadour
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Poetry and Music writers from southern france
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Mass
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5 parts of sacred religious catholic service. Based around the Eucharist.
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5 parts of mass
KeAdGSC |
Kyrie eleison
Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei |
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Motet
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Genre where latin plainchant is slowed on the bottom, and secular on the top with polyponics, vernacular language
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Point of Imitation
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Same song, voices come in at different times
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Basso Continuo
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Early Baroque Music based around BC. Made of 2 parts, Ground Bass played by Viola de Gamba or Basson. The Continuo played by harps accord.
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Aria
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Sung during opera or oration.
-when someone steps foward & conveys emotion |
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Recitative
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Other element of opera. Like a conversation. SPOKEN MELODY, SING TALK
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Oratorio
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In a church, not opera. No set, no stage
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Concerto Grosso
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Instrumental genre that contrast the timbre of an instrument or orchestra
-contrast solo and orchestra |
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Fugue
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Polyphonic, Instrumental. Baroque time period. Main theme is called the SUBJECT. stated in 3 or 4 lines
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Polyphonic
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texture with multiple melodies
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