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35 Cards in this Set
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Melody |
A horizontal succession of single note pitches rhythmically organized into an aesthetic whole |
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Harmony |
The vertical in music. Two or more simultaneous pitches |
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Beat |
An ongoing steady pulse. Can be fast or slow. |
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Rhythm |
The long and short durations against a steady beat |
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Timbre |
Distinct quality of each instrument and/or the human voice |
Think: "Tone colour." |
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Syncopation |
Off the beat |
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Meter |
Grouping beats into groups of two or three |
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Tempo |
How fast or slow |
Fletcher: Not-my-*******-tempo |
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Polyrhythm |
Two or more different rhythms at the same time |
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Pitch |
How high or low the sound is |
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Orchestral |
Range of all the notes in the orchestra |
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Key |
12. Where or the possibilities. Deciding to be elsewheres |
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Modulation |
Moving from one key to another |
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Scales |
The seven notes of a key |
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Chords |
Three or more notes |
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Octaves |
Same note, 8 steps higher or lower |
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Major/Minor |
2 sets of 12 of these keys |
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Down Beat |
First thing after the bar line |
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Harmonic Progression and Cadences |
A series of chords that lead to an ending |
Wanting to finish a song before leaving the car |
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Texture |
How thick or thin the sound is. Number of voices or instruments being used. |
Choir or solo voice |
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Constantence |
Pleasant. Stands on it's own. Didn't need to go anywhere. |
At home |
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Dissonance |
Seeks Constance. Seeking some point of rest. |
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Dynamics |
How loud or soft |
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Contrast |
"A, B, C" when the chords vary |
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Orchestra |
Violins, violas. Cellos low, reinforce basses. |
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Young Persons Guide |
English Baroque period. Benjamin Britten used the theme of Purcell. Commissioned by government in 1948 to reintroduce children to culture and get their thoughts away from the war. To introduce children to each instrument of the orchestra. |
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Cadenza |
A solo virtuosic passage. |
Other instruments drop out so this one can show off |
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Fugue |
An imitative device. |
Used by Bach often |
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Two similar terms |
Harmony, Chord, Major |
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Single Reed |
A single piece that is clamped onto the mouth piece. |
Clarinet, Saxophone |
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Double Reed |
Oval shaped hole on top of a piece of wood. Put lips around top and blow. |
Oboe, Bassoon, English horn |
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Soprano |
Highest voice |
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Alto |
Lowest voice |
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Baritone |
High bass voice |
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In brass instruments.. |
You need vibrations of the membranes of the lips |
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