History Of Rock Cumulative Chapter

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Tone Quality; The way particular instruments or voices sound alone or in combination. Also referred to as tone color.

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Timbre

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one melody

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Monophonic

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All on the same pitch

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Unison

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A principal melody line with an instrument or several instruments playing a supporting background

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Homophonic

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Several vocalists harmonizing around a principal melody line

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Close Harmony (a form of homophony)

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Close Harmony bands

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The Drifters (and other doo-wop groups), Beach Boys, and Crosby, Stills, & Nash

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Texture in which two or more independent melodic lines of equal importance or interest sound simultaneously

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Polyphonic

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The types of music Texture

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Monophonic, Homophonic, Polyphonic

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Polyphonic bands

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Yes, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, King Crimson

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Another word for Volume

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Dynamic Level

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Gradually louder

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Crescendo

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Gradually softer

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Decrescendo or Diminuendo

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The way that sounds are combined to create a piece of music

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Harmony

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The combination of sounds used to create a piece of music

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Chord Progression or Chord Structure

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Chords and melodies are derived from patterns of pitches called...

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Scales

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Provides the basic melodic and harmonic material for a given piece of music. It is a way to organize the pitches from lowest tone to highest.

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A scale (from the italian word for ladder, scala)

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All scales have 3 things in common:

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1. They are a selection of pitches within the interval of an octave.

2. There are specific intervals between the pitches.

3. There is a tendency within a piece of music for one of the pitches to become the focal point of that music.

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The main or central pitch of a major key. Also referring to the chord that is built on the first pitch of a scale and is therefore the main or central chord of a major or minor key.

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Tonic

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An octave is divided intp twelve equal half-step intervals, also known as...

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Semitones

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A scale that divides the octave into 12 equal semitones.

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Chromatic Scale

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An interval made up of 2 semitones

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Whole Step or Whole Tone

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Some scales call for the C-sharp while others call for the D-flat. These are called...

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Enharmonic Tones

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The interval between two notes of the same pitch name that are twelve half steps apart.

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Octave

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The distance between the tonic pitch and the third scale degree, which is whole step and half step.

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Minor Scale

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The distance between the tonic pitch and the third scale degree, which is two whole steps.

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Major Scale

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Three or more different pitches sounding at the same time produce a ...

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Chord

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A feeling of centrality or primary importance of one pitch over others in a scale or passage of music.

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Tonality

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Harmony in a patter that establishes a center of relaxation

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Tonal Center or Home Key

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Chord built on the first scale degree, giving a feeling of m rest, comfort, or calm.

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Tonic Chord

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Most important chords used to establish tension. Built on the 5th degree of the scale.

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Dominant Chord

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Built on the fourth degree of the scale.

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Subdominant Chord

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This progression adds the minor chord that is built on the 6th scale degree to the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords.

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Doowop Progression

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Progression built in a minor key and descends from the minor tonic to the major dominant chord.

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Descending minor progression

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Much of music is written in scale patters called...

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Modes

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Progression which commonly occurs in Spanish Guitar

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"Spanish" Progression

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A collection of pitches that are played in succession.

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Melody

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The span from lowest to highest pitch in a piece of music, a specific instrumental part, or a particular section of music.

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Range

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When a melody moves up and down in pitch in a scale pattern, it is said to be...

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Conjunct

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If a melody moves by skips or jumping wide distances, it is said to be...

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disjunct

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Pattern of a melody made by the rising and falling of pitches

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Shape

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Melodies are described as ______, ______, or more usually, a combination of the two.

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Ascending; Descending

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The singer remains on the same pitch or couple of pitches with very little variation in pitch.

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Static Melody

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The relation between music and time

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Rhythm

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The basic rhythm, known as the pulse, or beat.

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Background Time

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The level of time at which the background pulses or beats are organized in perceptibal patterns.

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Middleground Time

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The way in which pulses are organized

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Meter

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Beats organized into units

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Measures

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Measures of two with a strong accent on the first beat and a weaker accent on the second beat.

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Duple Meter

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Beats organized into units of three

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Triple Meter

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Duple, quadruple, and triple meters are considered ______ if a steady pattern of two, three, or four beats is present througout a song.

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Regular

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How fast a piece or section of a piece is played, or the speed at which the basic pulses or beats happen.

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tempo

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Means "happy" as well as lively in tempo.

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Allegro

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Means "walking" as well as an easy-going, medium tempo.

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Andante

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Means both slow and "serious" in tempo.

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Grave

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A sudden change in the established tempo

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Abrupt Shift

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A gradual increase in tempo

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Accelerando

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A gradual decrease in temp

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Ritardando

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The simple rhythm of a song, also referred to as surface rhythm.

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Foreground Time

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Occurs when the weak beats of a piece of music, or the notes in between the regular pulses, are accented stronger than the pulses of the established meter.

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Syncopation

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Represents the way in which the listener keeps track of the units of music that are used to make a song.

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Form

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Song form of AABA, ABAB, or ABAC

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Standard

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Brief key change

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Modulation

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Series of verses set to the same music.

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Strophic

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Unusual structure that follows the form of the words. No repetition

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Through-composed form.

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Refers to the emotions or feelings that are expressed in the lyrics.

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Sentiment

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Informs the listener of the way in which the song is presented or how the narrator is presenting the song

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Mode

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Informs the listener as to when the action takes place.

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Verb Tense