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30 Cards in this Set
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Aspect of music having to do with SUCCESSION OF PITCHES
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Melody
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A simple, easily singable melody that is complete
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Tune
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A section of melody or a tune
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Phrases
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A grouping of pitches played and heard simultaneously
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Triad (chord)
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Broken choard
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Arpeggio
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The high point of a melody
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Climax
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A series of fragments identical except for their place at successively higher or lower pitch levels.
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Sequence
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Notes or chords ending a section of music
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Cadence
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A short fragment of melody or rhythm
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Motive
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Progression of chords and how they follow each other
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Harmony
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Intervals or chords that sound relatively table and free of tension
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Consonance
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Intervals or chords that sound relatively tense and unstable
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Dissonance
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A blend of various sounds and melodic lines occurring simultaneously in a piece of music
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Texture
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One melodic line
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Monophony
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One melodic line of real interest COMBINED WITH CHORDS
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Homophonic
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To proceed from dissonant harmony to consonant harmony
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Resolvedq
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Two or more melodic lines played at the same time
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Polyphonic
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The feeling of centrality of one note to a passage of music. Has a key
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Tonality
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Called the I
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Tonic
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Called the V
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Dominant
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Called the IV
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Subdominant
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In music since the Renaissance, one of two the types of tonality: major or mine
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Modes
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Oriented around C as the tonic
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Major Mode
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Oriented around A as the tonic
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Minor Mode
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One of the 12 positions for the major and minor mode scales
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keys
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Set of 7 pitches represented by the white notes of a piano
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Diatonic scale
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Set of 12 pitches represted by all white and black notes on the piano
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Chromatic scale
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Changing keys within a piece
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Modulation
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Importance in the role of memory
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Repetition
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Is B diff mode or key? Played with diff instrument?
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Contrast
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