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18 Cards in this Set
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Dynamics
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the volume, how loud or soft the music is played
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Timbre
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Tone color
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Aerophones
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flutes,horns, use air to produce sound
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Chordophones
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vibrating string stretched, violins, guitars
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Idiophones
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substance of instrument itself, bells, cymbals
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Membranophones
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Tightly stretched membranes, drums
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Gregorian Chant
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monophonic, nonmetric melodies set in church modes, or scales
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Mass
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daily service with 2 categories of prayers: Proper and Ordinary
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Monody
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featuring solo song with instrumental accompaniment
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Figured bass
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shorthand that allowed performer to supply chords through improvisation
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basso continuo
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bass part, often played by 2 instuments
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Equal Temperment
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tuning system to adjust "pure" intervals within octave
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Opera
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music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes with singing and instrumental music
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Recitative
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speechlike declamations of the text
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Aria
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song, releases through melody emotional tension accumulated in the course of the action
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Libretto
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text or script of opera
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Cantata
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vocal genre for solo singers and instrumental accompaniment based on lyric, dramatic, or narrative poetry
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Fugue
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the opening movement
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