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23 Cards in this Set
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What are the three universals of the musical language?
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Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony. Wherever in the world music is played, these three ingredients are involved.
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Why might rhythm be the most important out of the three universals?
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Rhythm provides the essential heartbeat and lifeblood of the musical language.
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What does rhythm give music?
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Rhythm gives music its sense of forward motion, speed, drive, and vitality.
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What gives music its sense of motion?
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Through the beat—the regular pulse that flows through the music gives music its sense of forward motion.
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What must you do to create music that has a lot of energy and vitality?
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To create music with a sense of energy and vitality, you must give considerable attention to the rhythms used. Music with a mechanical rhythm will provide little interest for the listener
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What does melody provide in music?
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Melody provides our music with a sense of meaning and emotional power of expression.
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Is melody a more important ingredient than rhythm?
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The melodic ingredient of our music is perhaps as important as the rhythmic ingredient.
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How is solo melody usually used?
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Solo melody is usually used to create contrast and interest in the music.
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What is the hierarchy of the three main ingredients of music?
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Harmony, melody, and rhythm all rely on each other. I wouldn’t say that one aspect is superior to the other.
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How many dimensions does melody have? Compare that with harmony.
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Melody has a two-dimensional fabric of expression because of the pitch and rhythm (XY axis). Harmony gives an all-important third dimension.
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Name analogies for rhythm, melody, and harmony.
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Rhythm is analogous to the dimension of length.
Melody is analogous to the dimension of height. Harmony is analogous to the dimension of depth. |
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What element of painting is harmony similar to?
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Harmony is similar to the technique of perspective in painting., which also gives an impression of depth.
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What does harmony do for the language of music?
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Harmony represents an ingredient that raises the possibility of the language of music to an entirely new dimensional and expressive level.
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Why is understanding harmony necessary for music composition?
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Understanding harmony is necessary for music composition because it enables us to create music in such a way that everything fits together nicely.
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What is sonority?
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Sonority is the sound quality a chord makes.
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What occurs when a chord contains a lot of notes?
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The more notes, the more complex the resultant sonority is.
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What are chords of two notes called?
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Dyads
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What are chords of three notes called?
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Triads
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What are chords of four notes called?
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Tetrads
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What are chords of five notes called?
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Pentads
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What is a chord of ten notes called?
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Decad
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What does it take to use complex chordal sonorities with skill?
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To use complex chordal sonorities with skill, a considerable degree of knowledge in the art of harmony is required.
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What is the vital prerequisite for the study of harmony? Why?
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A knowledge of intervals is a vital prerequisite for the study of harmony because all harmonies consist of a combination of different intervals.
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