Music Midterm 9 Th Graded

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a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole

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melody

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when tones of a melody are performed in a short, detached manner

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staccato

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when tones of a melody are performed in a smooth connected style

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legato

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Shorter parts of a melody that create unity and variety

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phrases

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resting place at the end of a phrase

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cadence

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The emotional focal point of a melody, often the highest note

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climax

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the organization of musical elements in time; shape, structure, organization, and choerence of musical ideas

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form

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creates a sense of unity

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repetition

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a musical idea is repeated over and over again which changes

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theme

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provides forward motion, conflict, and a change of mood

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contrast

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some features of a musical idea will be retained while others are changed

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variation

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the way chords are contructed and how they follow each other

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harmony

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a combination of three or more tones sounded at once

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chord

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a specific series of chords

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progression

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a tone combination that is table; a point of arrival , rest, and resolution

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consonance

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a tone combination that is untable or tene

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dissonace

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onward motion to a consonant chord

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resolution

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a triad built on the first note of the scale, main chord of a piece most stable

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tonic chord

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built on the fifth notee of the scale second next to the tonic chord

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dominant chord

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when the individual tones of a chord are sounded on after another instead of togeth

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arpeggios

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the simplest, most basic chord, made up of three tones

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triad

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how many different layers of sound are heard at once, what type of layers they are and howthey relate to each other

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texture

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having one sound a sing melodic line without accompaniant

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monophonic

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performance of a single melodic line at the same ptic by more than one voice or insturemnt at the same time

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unison

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having many sounds simultaneous performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest

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polyphonic

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when a melodic line is presented by one voice or instrument andd then is immediately restated by another

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imitation

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the technique of combining several lines into a meaninful whole so that each line enhances the others and does not compete with them

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counterpoint

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a musician who brings life to the printed symbols laid out by a composer, projects to an audience a mixture of their own feeling and the composers intentions

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performer

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music created at the same time it is being performed

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improviation

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adding ornaments to enhance emotion or to show personal tyle or skill

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embellishments

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an artist of extraordinary technical mastery

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virtuso

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the leader of a group of musicians representing repsonsiblity and authority holds performers toghtehter and makes them translate a iece into a meaningful whole

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conducter

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in a modern symphonh orchestra the princial first violinists who sits the conductor immediate left plays all the solo violin music that occurs symphonic works also assists the conducter by makeing sure that the string players music contain appropriate bowing indications and supervising the turns of the orchestra befor the conducter arrive

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concertmater

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recording have made available new listing not possible in live performance,adding effects

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dubbing