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64 Cards in this Set
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• Properties of sound
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o Pitch: highs and lows of sounds
o Dynamics: louds and softs o Tone Color: o Rhythm o Duration: |
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• Interval
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distance between 2 notes
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o 8-tone difference: octave
o 880 vibrations per second: 440, half-octave lower |
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• Language used in music
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Italian
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Theme in music
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statement of music, repeated, always there, beginning
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what makes a melody distinct from others
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variation, contrast
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meter in music
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organization of beats into regular groups
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beat
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1 count
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Time signature
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3/4
top number: beats per measure bottom number: value of note |
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triple meter
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3 beats per measure
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strongest part of beat
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downbeat
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softer part
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upbeat
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emphasize 1 note louder
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accent
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rhythm occurs in irregular spot
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syncopation
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sequence in music
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1 pattern that repeats, notes are gradually going down
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Modulation
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start at home key and change to another key
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Tonic
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home or first key tone
C major: C |
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Dominant
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5 notes up from home key
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Western music scales
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Major and minor
7 different notes |
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Chromatic
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12 notes
halfstep |
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smallest difference between notes
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halfstep
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Tempo
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speed
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Raise half step
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sharp
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Lower Half step
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flat
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Virtuoso
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very good on an instrument
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Pitizcotto
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playing violin with a finger
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Violin very fast up and down
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Tremelo
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Vibrato
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violin with left hand rocking
warm feeling |
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Cadence
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end of phase, resolution
ends at home key |
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Incomplete cadence
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cadence that doesnt finish on home key
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Quart
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3 or more tones played together
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Harmony
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number of quarts together, makes chord progression
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Polyphonic
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2 independent lines going at the same time
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Homophonic
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1 line chord progression?
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Monophonic
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1 line no help
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Gregorian Chant
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Roman Catholic church (untill 1964)
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Language of gregorian chant
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Sacred Latin
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Texture of greg. chant
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Monophonic
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Organum
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2 independent melodies in gregorian chant
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Troubadors
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first secular music (middle ages)
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Why dont we play ancient sounds?
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No one wrote it down
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Modes
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types of scales in the middle ages
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Capital of Europe in Middle Ages?
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Paris
Because: Notre Damn was leading in music |
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Most famous M.A. composer?
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Machaut
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Texture and Time of Renaissance
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1450-1600
polyphonic |
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Texture and Time of Baroque
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1600-1750
polyphonic |
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Major composers in Baroque
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Bach and Handel
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New form with Baroque
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Opera
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Oratorio (baroque)
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without acting, but having choir, orchestra
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Concerto Grosso (baroque)
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group of soloists against whole orchestra (fast, slow, fast)
Riternello (theme) |
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Concerto solo (theme)
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1 soloist with orchestra
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Largo (lento)
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Slow
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Adagio
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Moderately Slow
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Andante
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"Walking" tempo
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Allegro
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Fast
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Presto
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Very Fast
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Prestississimo
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Very Very Fast
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Pianississimo (ppp)
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Extremely soft
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Pianissimo (pp)
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Very soft
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Piano (p)
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Soft
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Mezzo-piano (mp)
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Moderately soft
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Mezzo-forte (mf)
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Moderately loud
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Forte (f)
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Loud
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Fortissimo (ff)
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Very loud
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Fortississimo (fff)
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Extremely loud
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