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36 Cards in this Set
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Timbre |
The sound quality of an instrument or voice, "color" |
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Resonant |
A deep and clear sound that reverberates (echoes); SOUND descriptor |
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Lush |
Synonym for full and thick; SOUND descriptor |
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Vibrant |
Full of energy and life; SOUND descriptor |
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Shrill |
High-pitched and piercing, uncomfortable; SOUND descriptor |
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Monophonic |
One sound; HARMONY descriptor |
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Homophonic |
One melody with accompaniment underneath; HARMONY descriptor |
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Polyphonic |
Many independent melodies happening simultaneously; HARMONY descriptor |
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Dissonance |
Clashing, things that work against each other and sound off; HARMONY descriptor |
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Consonant |
Things that work well together and sound pleasing and harmonious; HARMONY descriptor |
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Lyrical |
Smooth and pleasing sounding; synonym for tuneful and melodious; MELODY descriptor |
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Disjunct |
A melody that has a lot of large leaps; doesn't connect well and is fragmented and disjointed; MELODY descriptor |
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Conjunct |
A melody that is smooth with small intervals (stepwise motion); MELODY descriptor |
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Dynamics |
The louds and softs of music; EMOTION descriptor |
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Piano (dynamic) |
Soft; EMOTION descriptor |
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Mezzo (dynamic) |
Medium (i.e. mezzo forte means medium loud); EMOTION descriptor |
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Forte (dynamic) |
Loud; EMOTION descriptor |
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Crescendo |
Getting gradually louder; intensifying in sound; EMOTION descriptor |
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Decrescendo/Diminuendo |
Getting gradually softer; dying away; EMOTION descriptor |
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Pulse |
The continuous beat of music; RHYTHM descriptor |
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Syncopation |
An rhythm that accents the off-beats rather than the main beats, serving to propel the rhythm forward; RHYTHM descriptor |
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Accelerando |
To speed up; RHYTHM descriptor |
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Ritardanto, Rallentando |
To slow down; RHYTHM descriptor |
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Moderato |
A moderate (medium) tempo (speed); RHYTHM descriptor |
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Largo |
A slow tempo (speed); RHYTHM descriptor |
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Presto |
A fast tempo (speed); RHYTHM descriptor |
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Staccato |
Notes that are played/sung short and detatched from one another; RHYTHM descriptor |
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Legato |
Notes that are played/sung smooth and connected; blend together; RHYTHM descriptor |
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Ostinato |
A short, continuously repeated pattern (either melodically or rhythmically); FORM descriptor |
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Cadence |
The ending of a phrase; FORM descriptor |
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Phrase |
Like a sentence in music; a complete thought; FORM descriptor |
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Acappella |
One or more singers performing without any instrumental accompaniment |
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Interval |
The space (distance) between two notes |
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Monotone |
The repetition of a single tone/note |
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Tempo |
The speed of music |
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Unison |
Two or more instruments or voices playing the same note simultaneously |
