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33 Cards in this Set
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tonic
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first scale degree
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modulation
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changing from one key to another during the course of a musical work
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blues scale
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west african tone sense with european pitch systems
used in african blues jazz |
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pentatonic scale
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only 5 pitches- black keys on piano
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minor scales
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seven pitches with diffferent arrangement of intervals
difference from major is lowered 3rd degree |
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major scale
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seven pitches from chromatic with interval pattern of TTSTTTS
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key
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western term referring to "home pitch" - pitch melody centered around. usually final pitch
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scale
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a way of dividing the octave arranging pitches in ascending or descending order- chromatic is 12 evenly spaced
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octave
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musical phenomenon in which two pitches sound the same despite a difference in frequences
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melody
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4 characteristics
ranges direction-determines mood character-type of motion from pitch to pitch(conjunct and disjunct) contour-over-all shape |
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interval
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distance between highter and lower notes in a melody
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ranges
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distance in pitch between the lowest note and the highest note.
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subdivision
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the dividing of beats into smaller rhythmic units
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quarter notes
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notes whose duration often defines the beat in music
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eighth notes
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level of rhythmic subdivision where there are two evenly spaced notes per quarter note
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timbre
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sound quality or 'tone color" what particular notes, instruments, or voices "sound like'
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frequency
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the highness or lowness of a note;basis of pitch in music
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meter
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the systematic grouping of individual beats into larger grouping: a specific pattern of grouped beats- duple meter, triple meter
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metric cycle
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like a meter, but longer (gong cycle in indonesian gamlan music
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accents
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notes in music that are given special emphasis, usually being played louder than other notes surrounding them.
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syncopation
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an accent or other note that falls in between main beats
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tempo
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the rate at which the beats pass in music
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free rhythm
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unmetered- no beat or meter
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measure
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one unit of the pattern of strong and weak beats- aka bar- number of beats per measure= meter
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beat
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division of time in a piece of music into regular pulses
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rhythm
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how sounds are organized
(beat meter measure) |
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HIP
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Human intention and perception
1. privileges inclusiveness over exclusiveness & 2. emphasizes the idea that music is inseparable from the ppl who make and experience it. |
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tone
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4 qualities
-pitch-frequency loudness-amplitude tone color-timbre duration music is the art of tones |
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five propositions
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1.sound: tones
2.sounds are organized 3. sounds are organized by people 4.music is product of human intention and perception 5.impossible to not make assumptions depending on culture |
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ethnocentrism
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can't help but impose your own cultural perspectives,biases,and assumptions on practices and lifeways that are different from our own
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sixteenth notes
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level of rythmic subdivision where there are four evenly spaced notes per quarter not.
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duration
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the length of a tone; basis of rhythm in music
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amplitude
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the loudness of a tone;basis of dynamics in music
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