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27 Cards in this Set
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Music |
Rational organization of sounds and silences passing through time |
All around me are familiar faces |
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Popular music |
Music designed to please large portions of the general public |
Everyone like |
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Classical Music |
Traditional music of any culture, usually requiring years of training. Enjoyed gen after gen. |
Snootsnoot |
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Beat |
Regularly recurring sound that divides passing of time into equal units |
Papapapapap |
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Tempo |
Speed at which beat sounds |
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Accelerando |
When the tempo speeds up |
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Ritard |
When the tempo slows down |
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Downbeat |
First beat in each unit |
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Accent |
Emphasis, stress |
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Meter |
Groups of beats |
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Measure |
One group of beats |
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Rhythm |
Division of time into compelling patterns of long and short sounds |
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Syncopation |
Places the emphasis/accent on a weak beat or between beats. Offbeat. |
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Melody |
The tune |
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Pitch |
Relative position, high or low, of a sound |
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Octave |
Largest distance between notes that's encountered in a melody |
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Interval |
Moves from one pitch from another across a group |
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Staff |
Grid of lines and spaces on sheet music |
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Clef |
Indication of range of pitch |
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Treble Clef |
Upper range pitch indicator |
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Bass clef |
Lower range pitch indicator |
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Great staff |
Piano music that shows both clefs to indicate left and right hand position, low and high |
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Scale |
Fixed pattern of tones within octave that ascends and descends |
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Mode |
Mood. Major and minor |
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Movement |
Four separate instrumental pieces that compose a symphony |
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Symphony |
Instrumental Genre for orchestra |
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Orchestra |
A group of players, usually involving string, wind, and percussion instruments |
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