Grp Ap Music Theory - Scales/keys/modes/text/music Relations

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Modality

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A system of music are based on something other than tonic (ex. dorian)

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Parallel Keys

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Major and minor keys that begin on the same note (ex. E major and e minor)

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Pentatonic Scale

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A scale with 5 notes in an octave

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Relative Keys

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Keys that share the same key signature, but have different tonics (ex. C major and a minor)

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Tetrachord

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3 smaller intervals that span a perfect 4th

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Tonality

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A system of music where pitch relationships are based on the tonic

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Whole-tone Scale

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A scale where all pitches are a whole step apart (6 pitch classes instead of 7)

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Lyrics

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Words in a piece of music

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Melismatic

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Singing a single syllable on multiple notes

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Stanza

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A section of music, usually when referring to lyrics. Also known as a verse.

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Syllabic

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Each syllable of a text is matched to a single note