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44 Cards in this Set
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A single line of notes heard in succession.
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Melody
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Section of melody.
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Phase
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Conjunct and disjunct motion.
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Melodic Motion
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Series of notes available for making music.
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Scale
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An eight note span. Same note higher and lower.
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Octave
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The distance between two notes.
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Interval
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The specific note which the melody is based.
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Key
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Scale. Example: major and minor.
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Mode
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How high or low a note is.
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Pitch
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The ordering of music through time.
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Rhythm
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The recurring pattern of strong and weak beats and underlying pulse.
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Meter
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Rhythmic units. Each occurrence of that pattern of meter.
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Measure
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The sound created by multiple notes played at once.
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Harmony
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Three or more notes played at the same time.
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Chord
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Stable chords. Sounding at rest.
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Consonance
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Unstable chords. Tension. Not at rest.
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Dissonance
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Primary key center. Not going to end on.
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Tonic
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Function of the number and the general relationship of musical lines.
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Texture
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Single melodic lines.
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Monophonic
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Melody is performed with accompaniment.
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Homophonic
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Melody performed against another line of equal importance.
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Polyphonic.
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Character of sound. Color of music.
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Timbre
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How loud or soft the (sound) music is.
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Dynamics
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A category of a given work.
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Genre
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The speed of music.
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Tempo
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Slow.
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Adagio.
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Medium speed.
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Moderato
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Fast.
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Allegro
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When the pitches belong to a certain scale.
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Diatonic
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A distinctive fragment of a melody.
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Motive
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The topic. Subject matter for longer, larger pieces of music.
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Theme
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Structure of a musical work. The way in which its individual units are put together.
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Form
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Middle Ages composers
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Hildegard and Landini.
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Renaissance composers
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Josquin, Weelkes, and Byrd.
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Who wrote the Play of Virtues?
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Hildegard.
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Who wrote "He Who Gladly Serves"?
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Alfonso el Sabio.
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Who wrote "The Cricket"?
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Josquin.
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Who wrote "Since Robin Hood"?
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Thomas Weelkes
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Who wrote "Sing Joyfully"?
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William Byrd
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Characteristics of the Middle Ages.
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Passed down orally until notation. Polyphonic. Age of religion/faith.
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Music of the church.
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Chant
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No meter. Modal. Monophonic. Sung in Latin.
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Chant
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Troubador/trouvere/Minnesinger
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People who performed for the court.
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Characteristics of Renaissance.
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Age of Exploration. Reformation. Humanism. Consonance. Homo-phonic. Word painting.
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