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41 Cards in this Set
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Define Rhythm
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The "time" aspect of music
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What is the "time" aspect on music collectively known as?
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Rhythm
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Define Meter
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The recurring pattern of strong and weak beats
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What is the recurring pattern of strong and weak beats called?
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Meter
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Define Melody (three things)
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Consecutive pitches that have
-a contour/musical shape -rhythmic motion -cadences/arrival points of rest |
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Define harmony
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The progression of chords taking place throughout a piece of music
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What is the progression of chords taking place throughout a piece of music called?
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Harmony
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What is timbre?
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the unique sound or tone color of a voice or instrument
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What is texture?
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The “thickness” or density of a musical of a musical line: the number of musical ideas going on at one time
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What is form?
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the organizing principle or structure of a piece of music
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What is another word for "dynamic level?"
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Volume
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A meter that is grouped in two's is called:
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Duple meter
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A meter that is grouped in three's is called:
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Triple meter
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A meter that is grouped in four's is called:
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Quadruple meter
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True or false: meter is a recurring pattern of strong and weak pulses
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True
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The strong beats in a meter are said to be __________
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“accented”
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An accent sign looks like:
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A "greater than" sign ( > )
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In music notation, the meter is shown by dividing the piece into _________ or __________
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bars or measures
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The lines that divide measures in a piece of music are called ___________
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Bar lines
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What does s double bar line indicate?
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The end of a section inside a larger piece of music, or the end of an entire piece of music.
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Bar lines
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What are the lines in red called?
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Bass clef
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What is this symbol called?
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Double bars
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What are the lines in red called?
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An Eighth note
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What is this symbol called?
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An eighth rest
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What is this symbol called?
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A half note
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What is this symbol called?
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A half rest
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What is this symbol called?
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A quarter note
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What is this symbol called?
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A quarter rest
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What is this symbol called?
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A sixteenth note
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What is this symbol called?
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A sixteenth rest
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What is this symbol called?
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A staff
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What are these five lines known as?
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A treble clef
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What is this symbol called?
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A whole note
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What is this symbol called?
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A whole rest
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What is this symbol called?
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What are intervals?
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The musical “distance” between pitches
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What is the function of a dot placed to the right of a note head?
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A dot makes a note 50% longer
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What two pieces of information do a time signature or meter signature tell the reader?
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-What rhythmic value gets the beat
-How many beats are in a measure |
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four-four time is also known as ______________
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Common time
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Alla Breve is a time signature of two beats per measure, also known as _________ time
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cut time
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_________ is the relative fastness or slowness of a meter
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Tempo
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