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10 Cards in this Set
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ELEMENTS of MUSIC
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RHYTHM TEXTURE
DYNAMICS TONE COLOR MELODY FORM HARMONY |
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RHYTHM
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BEAT (the pulse)
TEMPO (speed of the beat) METER (2/4, 3/4, 4/4: organizating beats into groups) SYNCOPATION (off-the-beat accent) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
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DYNAMICS
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Relative Quietness or Loudness
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MELODY
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A series of single notes
that add up to a recognizable whole. |
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MONOPHONIC
(Texture) |
One line with no harmony.
(one person whistling a tune) |
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HOMOPHONIC
(Texture) |
1 main melody with chordal accompaniment
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POLYPHONIC
(Texture) |
Many melodies at once
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TONE COLOR
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The characteristic sound of an instrument or voice.
Families of the Orchestra |
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Families of the Orchestra
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STRING (violin, viola, cello, bass)
WOODWIND (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon) BRASS (trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba) PERCUSSION (pitched vs. non-pitched) |
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Musical Texture
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How many different layers of sound are heard at once and to what kind of layers they are(Melody or Harmony)and how they are related to each other.
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