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33 Cards in this Set
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Soundscape |
the acoustic environment where sounds occur |
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Music |
purposeful organization of sound |
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Music-culture |
a group's total involvement with music |
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Timbre |
quality |
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Idiophones |
self-sounding instruments |
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4 classifications of of idiophones |
striking, shaking, scraping, stamping |
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Chordophones |
stringed instruments |
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Lutes |
-they have a neck and body -the strings are parallel -can be plucked or played with a bow |
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Harpes |
-strings are attached to a soundboard at an angle |
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Lyres |
-today it's only found in East Africa -it has two arms extending from the body -it strings in the middle (attached to the crossbar) |
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Zither |
-has a flat body -has strings running down the middle |
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Aerophones |
-instruments in which an enclosed column of air vibrates to produce sound -it can be single-reed or double-reed |
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Membranophones |
-drums -it has a membrane stretched across one or both ends of the instrument |
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Electrophones |
-instruments that are modified electronically |
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Intensity |
-loudness or softness of a sound -measured in decibels |
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Sforzando |
sudden loud sound |
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Crescendo |
gradually getting louder |
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Decrescendo or diminuendo |
gradually getting softer |
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Pitch |
highness or lowness of a sound |
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Range |
-the highest to the lowest pitch that a certain instrument or person can reach |
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Intervals |
the distance between pitches |
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Ragas |
groupings pitches and intervals that move in a characteristic pattern |
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Sargam |
it's like the indian version of do re mi... |
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Melody |
pitches that are organized into meaningful units |
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Trills |
2 adjacent pitches in a fast movement |
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meend |
-indian -slow slide from one note to another |
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kan-swar |
-indian -adds a little flair in at the end of a note |
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Duration |
the time of sound and silence in a piece of music |
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pulse |
-regular beat within the music -symbolizes the heartbeat of the song |
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rythm |
combination of pulses |
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tempo |
the rate, speed, or pace of the music |
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meter |
it is what divides the music according to the strong pulse |
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accent |
the emphasis or stress on a beat |
