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52 Cards in this Set
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Vibration |
sound id caused by this |
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Pitch |
musical tone, speed of vibration determines high and low |
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Frequency |
speed of pitch
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Naming Pitches |
A-G |
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Flat |
half step down |
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Sharp |
half step up |
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Staff |
5 lines, 4 spaces |
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Treble Clef |
(g clef, start of music) (Every Good Boy Does Fine) -lines FACE- spaces |
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Bass clef |
F clef |
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Interval |
Space between notes
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Dynamics |
volume level; pianissimo, Piano, mezzopiano mezzoforte, forte, forteissimo |
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Crescendo |
gradually gets louder |
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Decrescendo |
gets softer |
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Terraced Dynamics |
going from soft to loud back to soft or vice versa |
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Tone |
a specific pitch, produced by sound waves w/ a constant rate of vibration |
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registar |
a particular range of pitches |
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rhythm |
arrangement of music, pulse |
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beat |
rhythmic pulse of movement |
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accents |
strong beats; implied by 1. stress 2. duration 3. position |
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tempo |
rate of speed at which piece is performed |
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accent |
stress downbeat |
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tempo |
speed of beat, slow(adagio), med (andante), Fast (allegro) |
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cadence point |
end of phrase |
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Contour |
shape of melody |
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Conjunct |
smooth lines |
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Melody |
meaningful succesion of pitches |
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Disjunct |
wide, jagged leaps |
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motive |
little bit of melody used for whole song |
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Scales |
western ( major and minor) eastern (Chromatic- all half steps) and whole notes-whole steps |
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chord |
3+ different pitches together |
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Texture |
how is melody used |
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monophony |
melody alone, in unison
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polyphony |
2+ melodies simultaneously |
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Homophony |
melody and chordal accopaniment |
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4 types of families in Orchastra
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Stings, Woodwinds(use reeds), Brass(mouth pieces), and Percusion |
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TIMBRE |
characteristics of sound, described using colors |
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Band |
Ochrastra w/o strings |
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Stars and strips |
scusa most famous march |
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Mutes |
something to put in instruments to deaden sound |
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Vocal Ranges |
Women: soprano, mezzo soprano, alto Men: tenor, baritone, bass |
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Repetition |
Strophic, theme and variations |
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Strophic |
verses with same notes, hymns and carols |
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Theme and variation |
same tone, but varied from verse to verse |
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Contrast |
Through-composed, binary
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Through-composed |
no repititions |
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binary |
pop music AB (verse/ chorus) |
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Symphony Orchestra |
4 movements, all 4 music families |
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Band |
Wind assemble, no strings |
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Chamber music |
one player to a part, string quartet |
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ballet |
dance, my have instruments |
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musicals |
dialogue |
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opera |
sung throughout |
