Music Appreciation Brief Edition

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Pitch

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Is the relative highness or lowness in a sound

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Dynamics

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Degrees of loudness or softness

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Indefenate pitch

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noise

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Timbre

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The quality that distinguishes one instruments sound from another

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Tone

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A sound that has a definite pitch

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Interval

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Distance in pitch between any two tones

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Octave

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Difference between two notes of the same name. Get a two to one ratio in the number of vibrations.

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A=440

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International tuning standard

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Range

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Distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce

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Accent

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Playing a tone more loudly than the tones around it

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pianissimo pp
piano p
mezzo piano mp
mezzo forte mf
forte f
fortissimo ff

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very soft
soft
moderately soft
moderately loud
loud
very loud

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strings

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violin
viola
Cello
double bass

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Woodwinds

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flute
oboe
clarinet
bassoon

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Auxiliary Woodwinds

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picolo
english horn
bass clarinet
contrabassoon

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Brass

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trumpet
French horn
trombone
tuba

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Percussion

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tympani
xylophone
snare drum
cymbals

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Keyboard

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Harpsicord
Piano
Organ

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pizzicato

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Plucked String

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vibrato

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Fluctuation in pitch

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mutes

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Veiled or muffled tone

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Women

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soprano

mezzo-soprano

alto

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Men

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tenor

baritone

bass

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Meter

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Organization of beats into regular groups

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Duple

Triple

Quadruple

Sextuple

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[1]2[1]2 Alternates strong beat with a weak beat

[1]23[1]23 Three beats per measure

[1]2(3)[1]2(3) Common Time

[1]23(4)56 A regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.

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Beat

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Device for setting tempo

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Metronome

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Device for setting tempo

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Measure

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Distance between strong beat and weak beat

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Syncopation

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When an accented note comes where we normally would not expect one

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Tempo

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Speed of the beat, pace of music

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Staff

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Set of set of five horizontal lines.

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Clef Sign

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Beginning of staff to show pitch of each line and space.

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Note

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An oval

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Rest

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Notation of duration of silence

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Score

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Shows music for each instrumental or vocal category in a performing group.

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Legato

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Smooth sequence, connected

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Staccato

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Bounces from note to note

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Phrase

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Portion or segment of a tune

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Cadence

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Resting place at end of a phrase

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Step/leap

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Interval between two adjacent tones in the do-re-mi scale and leap is interval larger.

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Chord

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Combination of three or more tones sounded at once

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Triad

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Formed by plaing every other note of a scale

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Consonance

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A tone combination that is stable

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Arpeggio

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When the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another

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Scale

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Pattern expressed as a series of half and whole steps, for selecting seven from octave pie

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Chromatic Scale

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All the white and black keys in one octave on the piano.

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Modulation

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Change of key inside a piece of music

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Half step

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Smallest interval traditionally used in western music.

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Whole step

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Twice as large as half step

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Transposition

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When a song is began on a different key

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Monophonic

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Having one sound

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Polyphonic

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Having many sounds

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Homophonic

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One melody accompanied by chords

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Ternary

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Three-Part Form A-B-A

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Binary

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Two-Part Form A-B

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Repetition

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The glue that holds a piece of music together

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Contrast

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Excesive repetition leads to boredom

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Variation

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Only works if it is noticable

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Conductor

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Coordinated the performers and shapes the interpretation of a musical composition.

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Concertmaster

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violinist

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Baton

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Used to beat time and indicate pulse and tempo.