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7 Cards in this Set
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Tempo
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The speed of the music.
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How fast is the music? (see seperate vocab list for Italian terms)
Does the music speed up? Slow down? Or is it steady throughout? |
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Texture
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How 'busy' the music is
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Monophonic - single sound (all playing/singing the same thing at the same time)
Homophonic - In harmony (melody and chords/ music moving in the same direction in harmony) Polyphonic/contrapuntal - different parts weaving in and out of each other. |
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Timbre
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The quality of sound (of the instruments).
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What kind of instruments are playing?
Have any effects been added to the instruments/voice? Are the instruments electronic or accoustic? |
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Silence
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Rests.
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Rhythm/Duration
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The length of the note (how long each note is held). Patterns of long and short notes.
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Has the composer used short notes? Long held notes or a combination of the two? How are rhythms developed within the piece of music?
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Dynamics
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How loud or soft the music is played.
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Is the music loud or soft? Are there canges in the loudness of the music? Are the dymanmics the same throughout?
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Structure
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How the piece of music is constructed.
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How many sections of music does the piece have? For example is it in verse /chorus form? Binary form (AB)? etc.
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