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19 Cards in this Set
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The number of vibrations per second. According to contemporary Western music standards, the pitch A4 is assigned to 440 Hz
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Frequency
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A musical interval for which the higher pitch has a frequency that is twice that of the lower pitch
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Octave
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A tuning system used by modern Western instruments by which the octave is divided into 12 equal parts
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Equal tempered tuning
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The smallest pitch interval in Western art music; also known as semitone. The half step corresponds to a frequency ratio of 2(1/2) or about 1.0594631:1
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Half step
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A half step (or semiton) for which both pitches have the same letter name (e.g. C and C#)
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Chromatic half step
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A half step (or semitone) for which both pitches have different letter names (e.g D and C#)
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Diatonic half step
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Two tones with different names but the same pitch (e.g. B# and C)
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Enharmonic equivalents
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A pitch interval of two half steps. Also known as a whole tone
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Whole step
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a whole step for which both pitches have different letter name (e.g. C# and D#)
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Diatonic whole step
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An ordered collection of notes presented consecutively by pitch and spanning one octave. A scale is name for its tonic, which is its first and last note
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Scale
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A scale that divides the entire octave into a pattern of whole and/or half steps that is the same from start to middle as from middle to end (e.g. the chromatic scale). A scale that does not have this freature is asymmetrical (e.g. major diatonic scale)
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Symmetrical scale
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An ordered collection of four notes presented consecutively by pitch. The major tetrachord is W-W-H
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Tetrachord
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An ordered collection of five notes presented consecutively by pitch. The major pentachord is W-W-H-W
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Pentachord
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The following sequence of fiatonic whole and half steps - W, W, H, W, W, W, H
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Major scale
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The numbering of apitch based on its position w/n a scale (e.g. F is scale degree 4 in the C major scale). Can also be identified by their name (tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone, tonic) or solfege syllable (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do).
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Scale degree
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A progression of key changes that is realized by moving upward or downward by five scale degrees. The full circle is achieved after 12 key changes
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Circle of fifths
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A designation of a central tone (i.e. tonic) and mode (i.e. major or minor scale)
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Key
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The number of flats or sharps in a piece that are written at the beginning of each line of music notation
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Key signature
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A scale that contains the following subset of five pitches from the major scale: do, re, mi, sol, la. Fa and Ti are omitted.
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Major pentatonic scale
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