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13 Cards in this Set
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Absolute music |
No prescribed story or text to hold the music together No specific pictorial or literary program |
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Themes |
Musical idea used as a building block in the construction of a composition |
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Thematic decwlopment |
Varying a theme's melodic outline, rhythm, or harmony |
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Motive |
A short melodic or rhythmic fragment |
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Sequence |
Repeated at a higher note |
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Multimovement cycle |
Symphonies, concertos, string quartets, and other types of chamber music follow a sequence of sections or movements |
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Binary |
A-B |
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Ternary |
A-B-A |
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Chamber mysic |
Music for a small ensemble 2-10 players One player to a part |
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String quartet |
Consists of two violins, a viola, and cello |
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Symphony |
Genre designed to demonstrate the expressive capabilities of a full orchestra Arose as one of the principal instrumental traditions during the Classical era |
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Overture |
Orchestral piece in 3 sections: fast-slow-fast Played to introduce an opera |
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What are the four instrumental families? |
Strings, percussion, woodwind, brass |
