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27 Cards in this Set
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harmony
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the movement and relationship of intervals and chords a vertical concept
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chord
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three or more notes played simultaneously
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arpeggio
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broken chord or a chord with its notes played in succession
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chord voicing
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repositioning or re-instructing of the notes of a chord notes could be added and emitted
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chord progression
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successive movement of one chord to the next
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beat
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a unit of pulse tapping your foot
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tempo
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the speed or rate at which beats pass
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accelerando
ritardando rubato |
gradually getting faster
gradually getting slower robbed time |
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meter
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a grouping of beats
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measure or bar
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a measurement of time containing beats, tempo, meter, and rhythm
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accent
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musical stress a more forceful or louder sound
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downbeat
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the first strong beat
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upbeat
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a weak beat proceeding in the down beat
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rhythm
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the arrangement of sounds in time
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syncopation
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an accent on either the weak beat or between beats
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legato
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long and connected
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staccato
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short abruptly separated
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frequency
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the number of vibrations per second effected by an elastic body when the equilibrium of this body is some way disturbed
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pitch
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a sound that had highness or lowness depending on its frequency, often called a tone
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octave
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the doubling or halving of a fundamental frequency creating a pitch that sounds the same yet is higher or lower than the fundamental
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interval
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the distance between 2 pitches
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scale
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an arrangement of pitches that ascends and descends in a fixed and unvarying pattern
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key
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a group of notes with one designated as the tonic
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modulation
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a shift from one key to another
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melody
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a coherent succession of single pitches, a linear concept
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harmonic rhythm
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the time or rhythmic value in which harmony progresses
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tonality
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the organization of music around a central tone (the tonic) and the scale built on that tone
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