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30 Cards in this Set
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Continuous accompaniment in Baroque music, usually including string bass and harpsichord
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CONTINUO
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Composer of The Messiah
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
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Musical phrase or motif that repeats on the same pitches throughout a piece
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OSTINATO
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Composition which uses a repeating musical phrase or motif in different voices on different pitches
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FUGUE
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Note that gets one beat in 3/4 time
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QUARTER NOTE
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Rest that equals four beats and hangs down from the fourth line of any staff
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WHOLE REST
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Rest that equals one beat and looks like a lightning bolt
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QUARTER REST
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Symbol that adds half the value of whatever note or rest it follows
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DOT
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Short detached execution of a note indicated by a dot over or under the note
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STACCATO
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Symbol in which the top number indicates the number of beats in a measure
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TIME SIGNATURE
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Symbol in which the bottom number indicates what kind of note gets one beat
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TIME SIGNATURE
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Another name for the treble clef
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G CLEF
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Another name for the bass clef
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F CLEF
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Note with a stem and one flag or beam on it
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EIGHTH NOTE
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Note with a stem and two flags or beams on it
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SIXTEENTH NOTE
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A dotted eighth note and a sixteenth have the same value as this note.
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QUARTER NOTE
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What note gets half of a beat in 4/4 time?
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EIGHTH NOTE
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One eighth note has the same value as two of what kind of note?
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SIXTEENTHS
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For what composition did King George stand when he first heard it in 1742?
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THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS
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What series of pieces did Handel write at the behest of King George to be played while floating on the Thames?
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WATER MUSIC
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Who was the musical producer of the movie of The Wiz and is currently producing the Broadway musical The Color Purple?
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QUINCY JONES
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What keyboard predecessor to the piano produced sound by plucking the strings?
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HARPSICHORD
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What is the full name of the keyboard percussion instrument for which Bach wrote the Well Tempered Clavier?
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PIANOFORTE
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Who wrote the musical series The Four Seasons featuring instruments imitating the sounds of nature?
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
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What is the musical period, characterized by exuberant music with decorative melodies, that lasted from about 1650 to about 1750?
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BAROQUE
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Because it uses mallets to strike the strings, today's piano is classified as a ____________ instrument.
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PERCUSSION
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Silence in music
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REST
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Looking like a bird's eye, this symbol indicates a musician should hold a note indefinitely until a conductor cuts them off.
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FERMATA
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A dotted half note and a quarter have the same value as one of these.
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WHOLE NOTE
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A quarter rest and two eighth rests have the same value as one of these.
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HALF REST
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