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54 Cards in this Set
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Pitch
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The quality of "highness" or "lowness" of a sound
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scales
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a selection of ordered pitches that provieds the pithch material for music
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forte
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loud
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piano
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soft
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mezzo
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Italian for half, halfway, medium
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pianissimo
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very soft
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forissimo
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very loud
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piu forte
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more loud
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meno forte
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less loud
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Crescendo
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gradually getting louder
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Decrescendo
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gradually getting softer
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tone color
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quality or type of sound produced by an instrument
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rhythm
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time aspect of music; pattern of sound and silence
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orchestration
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the technique of writing for a diff. instrument to create an overall sound
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beat
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basic unit of measurement
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accent
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organizes the beats
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meter
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recurring pattern of accented beats
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measure
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each occurrence of the repeated pattern consists of a principal strong beat and one or more weaker beats
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simple meter
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duple or triple meter
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duple meter
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2 beats
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triple meter
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3 beats
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compound meter
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involves a subdivision of one of the simple meters
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non-metrical
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doesn't have a precise meter
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syncopation
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striking effects in music to displace the accents
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tempo
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speed of music
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interval
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distance between 2 pitches
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octave
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interval between a pair of duplicating notes 8 notes apart
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diatonic scale
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set of seven pitches represented by white keys; WWH W WWH; Major Scale
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Chromatic scale
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set of 12 pitches represented by all white and black keys; half steps
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softest
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pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano
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louder
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mezzo forte, forte, forissimo
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tempo indications
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largo adagio andante moderado allegro presto
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accelerando
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faster
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ritardando
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slower
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fermata
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hold of indefinite length .)
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a tempo
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back to original
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frequency
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rate of sound vibration
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Jongleures
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minstrels or popular musicians
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plainchant
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melodies for many religious texts
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medieval modes
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not major or minor
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reciting tone
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the pitch on sacred text is sung
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antiphon
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gregorian melody
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sequence
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more elaborate melody
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drone
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a single two note chord running continuously
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Troubadours
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noble poet- south France
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Trouv`eres
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noble poet- north France
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Minnesingers
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noble poet - Germany
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strophic form
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stanzas set to same melody; AAA
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estampies
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instrumental dancers from the age of chivalry
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organum
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earliest type of poyphony
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melismas
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beasts running on a single syllable
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motet
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set to sacred poems/love poems; Musical poems set with multiple melodies
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Ars Nova
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new art
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hocket
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fast echoes between Sopranos and Altos
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