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23 Cards in this Set
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Melody |
The tune. The part we sing along with |
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Pitch |
The relative position, high or low, of a music sound |
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Octave |
Duplicating pitch that's higher or lower |
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Clef |
Indicates the range of pitch in which the melody is to be played or sung |
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Treble clef |
Designates the upper range and is appropriate for high instruments |
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Bass clef |
Covers the lower range and is used for lower instruments |
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Great staff/grand staff |
When two clefs upon at the middle C |
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A sharp |
Raised the note to the piano key immediately above usually a black one |
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A flat |
Lowers it to the next key below usually a black one |
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A natural |
Cancels do the rod the two previous signs |
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Scale |
A fixed pattern of times within the octave that ascends and descends |
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Interval |
A distance between two pitches in music |
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The major scales |
follows a seven note pattern moving upward |
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The minor scale |
1 ,5 11 |
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Key signature |
Provides key or guide telling the musician which sharps or flats are to be applied throughout the piece |
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The tonic |
The first of the seven notes of the scale and the last/eighth |
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Tonality |
The organization of music around a central pitch |
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Key |
Something like a graviational field that embodies no the the scale of the melody and the strong pull of its tonic pitch |
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Modulation |
Is the change from one key to another |
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Change of mode |
Changing from major to minor or vice versa |
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Chromatic scale |
Makes use of all twelve pitches, equally divided. Within the octave |
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A phrase |
Much like clause within a sentence , serving as an important part of the larger whole |
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Two phases that work in tandem this way are |
Antecedent and consequent phrases one opens and the other closes |
