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82 Cards in this Set
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Chordophones
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Family: Stringed intruments
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Examples of Chordophones
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Violin, Viola, Cello, Doublebass, Guitar
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Aerophones
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Family: Woodwinds & Brass
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Examples of Woodwind Aerophones
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Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone
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Examples of Brass Aerophones
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Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, Flugelhorn, Baritone, Bugle
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Membranophones
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Family: Percussion
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Examples of Membranophones
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Timpani, bass drum, snare drum, tambourine
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Idiophones
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Family: Percussion
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Examples of Idiophones
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Marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, tubular bells, gongs, cymbals, triangle, wood block
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Varies
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Family: Keyboards
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Examples of Varies
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Piano, Harpsichord, Organ, Celesta
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Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar
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Family: String Instruments
Classification: Chordophones |
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Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone
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Family: Woodwinds
Classification: Aerophones |
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Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, Flugelhorn, Baritone, Bugel
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Family: Brass
Classification: Aerophones |
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Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, tubular bells, gongs, cymbals, triangle, wood block
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Family: Percussion
Classification: Idiophones |
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Timpani, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Tambourine
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Family: Percussion
Classification: Membranophones |
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Piano, Harpsichord, Organ, Celesta
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Family: Keyboards
Classification: Varies |
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Two Types of Percussion Classifications
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Membranophones & Idiophones
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Two Familys with Aerophones in them
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Brass & Woodwinds
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Presto
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Meaning: Very Fast
Beats Per Minute: 200 |
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Allegro
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Meaning: Fast
Beats Per Minute: 120 |
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Moderato
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Meaning: Moderate
Beats Per Minute: 108 |
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Andante
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Meaning: "At a Walking Tempo"
Beats Per Minute: 84 |
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Adagio
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Meaning: Slow
Beats Per Minute: 72 |
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Lento or Grave
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Meaning: Very Slow
Beats Per Minute: 40 |
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40 Beats Per Minute
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Lento/ Grave
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120 Beats Per Minute
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Allegro
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200 Beats Per Minute
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Presto
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108 Beats Per Minute
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Moderato
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84 Beats Per Minute
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Andante
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72 Beats Per Minute
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Adagio
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Very Fast
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Presto
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Fast
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Allegro
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Moderate
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Moderato
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"At a Walking Tempo"
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Adante
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Slow
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Adagio
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Very Slow
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Lento/Grave
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ppp
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Pianississimo
Meaning: As Quietly As Possible |
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Pianissimo
Meaning: Very Quietly |
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P
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Piano
Meaning: Quietly |
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Mezzopiano
Meaning: Somewhat quietly |
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Mezzoforte
Meaning: Somewhat Loud |
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Forte
Meaning: Loud |
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Fortissimo
Meaning: Very Loud |
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Fortississimo
Meaning: As Loudly As Possible |
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As Quietly As Possible
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ppp
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Very Quietly
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pp
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Quietly
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P
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Somewhat Quietly
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mp
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Somewhat Loud
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mf
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Loud
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Very Loud
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As Loudly As Possible
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fff
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Staccato
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Description: Short, Seperated
Tonguing: (tot tot tot) |
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Legato
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Description: Smoothly
Tonguing: (tah tah tah) |
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Accented or Marcato
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Description: Sharply
Tonguing: (TAH ta ta) |
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Slur
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Description: Connected
Tonguing: (tah ah tot) |
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Tenuto
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Description: Stressed Without Force
Tonguing: (taaht taaht taaht) |
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Triad
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Most Basic Type of Chord
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Beat
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Steady, Regular Pulse Underlying Most Music
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Tempo
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Speed of the Beat
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Meter
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Groups of Beats into Regular Patterns of Strong and Weak Beats
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Rhythm
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Series of Durations of Varying Lengths that Overlie the Beat
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Diatonic Music
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Uses Only Pitched From a Single Scale
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Chromatic Music
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When it uses accidentals (sharps and flats) to add pitches outside the key, or to change keys
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Accidentals
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Sharps and Flats
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Smallest Building Blocks of Form
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Motives, Phrases, Cadences, and Themes
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Music
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Sound Organized in Time
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Melody
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Coherent succession of pitches percieved as a whole, with a beginninng, middle, and end
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Pitch
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Highness and Lowness of a Sound
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Harmony
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Occurs when two or more pitches sound simultaneously
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Common-Practice Tonality
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Developed over centuries in the Western World; Widely accepted system for describing the relationships amoung pitches and harmonies
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Fundamentals to the Listener's Musical Experience (6)
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Tension and Release
Memory and Anticipation Continuity and Contrast |
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Key
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Hierarchial set of harmonic and melodic pitch relationships organized around a tonic and using one of the twenty-four major and minor scales
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Tonic
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Resting Tone
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What does nearly all Western music rely on to resolve the tonic, or resting tone?
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Dominant Harmony
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When music speeds up and slows down for expressive effect
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Term: Rubato
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Downbeat
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Also known as the "strong beat"
Typically the first beat of any measure is always the strongest...This is the DownBeat |
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Conjunct Melody
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Moves smoothley in a stepwise motion (in mostly half steps and whole steps)
Example: "Row Row Row Your Boat" |
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Disjunct Melody
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Contains proportionally more leaps (intervals larger than a major second)
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Contour
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All melodies have it
As known as the melody's "profile" |
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The Fundamental
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Lowest A
By Far the Loudest and the Strongest |
