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36 Cards in this Set
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WHAT MOVES MUSIC FORWARD IN TIME; THE PATTERN OF MOVEMENT IN TIME...
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RHYTHM
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THE STEADY PULSE THAT UNDERLIES THE RHYTHM OF MOST MUSIC...
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BEAT
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NOTATED WAY OF MARKING OFF SECTIONS OF MUSIC; PIECES HAVE A RANGE OF POSSIBLE PULSE AND BEAT PATTERNS (DUPLE, TRIPLE, OR ASYMMETRICAL)...
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MEASURE
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HOW WE LABEL THE BEAT PATTERN WITHIN A SPECIFIC SPACE (MEASURE);
2 0R 4 BEATS IS IN DUPLE 3 BEATS IS IN TRIPLE 5 OR 7 BEATS IS ASYMMETRICAL |
METER
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A COHERENT SUCCESSION OF SINGLE PITCHES; THE LINE OF MUSIC
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MELODY
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MELODY WITH LARGE DISTANCES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TONES...
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DISJUNCT
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MELODY THAT MOVES IN SMALLER STEPS...
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CONJUNCT
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MELODIC CONTOUR PROGRESSIVELY GETTING HIGHER...
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ASCENDING
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MELODIC CONTOUR PROGRESSIVELY GETTING LOWER...
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DESCENDING
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MELODIC CONTOUR MOVING ALTERNATELY ABOVE AND BELOW A CENTRAL TONE...
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UNDULATING
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MELODIC CONTOUR WITH SUDDEN SHIFTS OF PITCH FROM ONE TO ANOTHER...
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TERRACED
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SPEECH-LIKE WITH LITTLE OR NO MELODIC MOTION...
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STATIC
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A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE MUSICAL VOICES OR TONES TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE PARTS, EITHER AS DUETS OR AS CHORDS...
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HARMONY
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NOTE COMBINATIONS THAT SOUND SETTLED...
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CONSONANT CHORDS
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NOTE COMBINATIONS THAT SOUND JARRING AND/OR CREATE TENSION, NEEDING RESOLUTION...
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DISSONANT CHORDS
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THE COMBINATION OF SOUNDS OR THE INTERWEAVING OF THE MELODIC AND HARMONIC ELEMENTS OF MUSIC...
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TEXTURE
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A SINGLE MELODY ONLY WITH NO ALTERNATE ACCOMPANIMENT OR CHORDAL VOICE PARTS...
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MONOPHONIC TEXTURE
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MELODY WITH ACCOMPANIMENT OR CHORDAL PARTS...
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HOMOPHONIC TEXTURE
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MELODY WITH VARIATION...
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HETEROPHONIC TEXTURE
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MANY VOICED TEXTURE; TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT MELODIC LINES ARE COMBINED, THUS DISTRIBUTING MELODIC INTEREST AMONG ALL THE PARTS...
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POLYPHONIC TEXTURE
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THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE IN MUSIC; ITS BASIC ELEMENTS ARE REPETITION, CONTRAST, AND VARIATION...
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FORM
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TONE COLOR...
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TIMBRE
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THE SUM OF SHARED FEATURES; BEAT PATTERNS, ON SPECIFIC PITCHES HELP US TO IDENTIFY...
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STYLE
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VERY SOFT...
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PIANISSIMO (PP)
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SOFT...
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PIANO (P)
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MODERATELY SOFT...
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MEZZO PIANO (MP)
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MODERATELY LOUD...
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MEZZO FORTE (MF)
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LOUD...
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FORTE (F)
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VERY LOUD...
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FORTISSIMO (FF)
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THE SUM OF WHAT MAKES A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE TO INCLUDE BEHAVIOR, TOOLS, LANGUAGE, AND TRADITIONS...
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CULTURE
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MAJORITY PORTION OF A SOCIETY WHICH SHARE SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WAY OF LIFE...
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SUPERCULTURE
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GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH ETHNIC, REGIONAL, ECONOMIC, OR SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OR PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR WHICH DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE LARGER "SUPERCULTURE" OF A SOCIETY...
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SUBCULTURE
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FAMILY, GENERATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, MUSICAL, FRATERNAL, WORK, ETHNIC, GENDER, MICRO-POLITICAL, REGIONAL, NATIONALISTIC, AND SPIRITUAL...
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MUSICAL COMMUNITIES
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TWO CONTRASTING METRICAL RHYTHMS...
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POLYRHYTHM
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ACCENTS BETWEEN MAJOR BEATS...
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SYNCOPATION
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REPEATED RHYTHMIC OR TONAL PATTERNS...
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OSTINATO PATTERNS
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