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25 Cards in this Set
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Pitch |
How high or low a sound is |
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7 letters of the musical alphabet |
EFGABCDE |
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Interval |
How we measure music |
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Octave |
An interval who’s higher note has a sound-wave frequency of vibration twice of its lower note. |
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Dynamic |
Degrees of loudness or softness |
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Crescendo |
Starts quiet and becomes louder over time (an increase in volume) |
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Decrescendo: |
Starts loud and becomes softer overtime, a decrease in volume. |
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Tone color (Timbre) |
Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another. |
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Duration |
The length of time, how long the note will last for |
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Beat |
a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time. Beats can be represented by marks on a time line. |
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Accent |
Emphasizing a tone by playing it more loudly than the tones around it. |
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Meter |
The organization of beats into regular groups. |
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3 types of meters |
1.) Dupe meter: when a measure has 2 beats 2.) Triple Meter: A pattern of 3 beats 3.) Quadruple meter: A pattern of 4 beats. |
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Tempo |
The speed of a beat |
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Accelerando |
becoming faster |
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Ritardando |
becoming slower |
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Melody |
a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole. (london bridge is falling down) |
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Harmony: |
Refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other. |
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Consonance |
Sounds that go well together, are pleasant and stable |
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Dissonance |
sounds that don’t go well together, unpleasant |
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tonal key (center) |
the particular note on which the music is stable and at rest ??? |
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Musical Texture |
How many melodies or instruments are playing at one timer (clothing layer analogy) |
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Musical Forms: |
Blueprints/Structure in music. The organization of musical elements in time. |
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movements: |
Self contained, smaller sections, of a larger piece of music. |
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4 families of instruments found in an orchestra: |
Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Strings. |
