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23 Cards in this Set
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harmony
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Melody + Accompaniment
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key
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a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale; regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece or passage of music
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scale
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group of notes arranged in ascending or descending order.
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major/minor
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two main types of keys- each have a distinctive character or mood
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chromatic scale
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series of half steps from tonic to octave higher or lower.
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pentatonic scale
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a scale with only five notes. Often used in Asian music.
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modulation
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Changing keys during the course of a composition
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chords
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three or more notes played together
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triad
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most common type of chord. Consists of one primary note (the “root”) and a third and fifth above it.
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arpeggio
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Notes in a chord sounded one after the other
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tonic
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the first note in a scale that in conventional harmony that provides the keynote of a piece of music.
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dominant
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a triad built on the fifth note (degree) of the scale
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chord progression
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movement of harmony from one chord to the next
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cadence
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stopping point in the music
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texture
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the way in which musical sounds are combined
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monophony
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melody with no accompaniment
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homophony
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melody with accompaniment; melody predominates. Also called song texture.
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polyphony
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two or more distinct musical lines played at once
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counterpoint
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Musical lines are particularly clear and stay independent more or less throughout the piece or section of the piece
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round
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a special kind of counterpoint in which one line of music is sung at staggered intervals to produce interweaving lines
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form
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the structural organization of a piece of music
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genre
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a class or category of artistic work
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musical style
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the way in which the elements of music are used to create music
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