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Impressionism
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an artistic movement focused more on sensations, perceptions, and light than on the direct representation of objects. In music, the term was used by critics in succession shortly afterward, even as the frist voice continues to sing or play
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Gamelan
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an Indonesian musical ensemble consisting primarily of a variety of pitched gongs and xylophones. The conductor or leader of the ensemble often plays a double-headed drum.
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Whole-tone Scale
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a scale with only whole steps, no half steps; this eliminates any sense of tonal center
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Diatonic Scale
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a scale consisting of whole and half steps
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Half Step
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the smallest distance between two adjacent notes on a piano, such as C-C#
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Whole Step
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two half step. On the piano, a whole step skips exactly one key, white or black
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Tonic
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the note that established a key, based on its distinctive relationship with a particular set of harmonies or other notes in the underlying scale. Also, the chord based on the first scale degree
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Tonality
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a system of organizing pitches around a central note, as opposed to atonality, a system with no tonal center
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