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37 Cards in this Set
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Pitch |
The relative highness or slowness that we hear in a sound. |
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Tone |
A sound that has a definite pitch |
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Interval |
The distance in pitch between any two tones |
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Octave |
Interval between 2 tones in which the higher tone had twice the frequency of the lower tone |
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Range |
The distance between the lowest and highest tones a voice/instrument can produce. |
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Dynamic |
Degree of loudness or softness |
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Accent |
Emphasis on a tone |
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Timbre |
Tone color. Quality of sound that distinguishes instrument/voices from another |
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Rhythm |
The flow of music |
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Beat |
A regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time |
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Meter |
The organization of beats into regular groups |
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Measure |
A group containing a fixed number of beats. |
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Syncopation |
An accented note comes when we normally wouldn't expect one |
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Tempo |
The speed of a beat |
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Melody |
A series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole |
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Legato |
Tones played in a smooth connected style |
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Staccato |
Tones played in a short detached manner |
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Cadence |
A resting place at the end of a phase |
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Word painting |
The musical representation of specific poetic items |
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Harmony |
The way chords are constructed and how they follow each other |
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Chord |
A combination of 3 or more tones sounded at once |
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Progression |
Dictated or specific series of chords |
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Tonic chord |
The main hord of a piece |
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Dominate chord |
Strongly pulled toward the tonic chord |
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Arpeggio |
Broken chord. Individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another |
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Key/Tonic note |
The central tone |
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Tonality |
Presence of a central note,scale, and chord |
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Scale |
Basic pitches of a piece of music arranged from low to high |
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Major scale |
Series of 7 different tones within an octave with an I 8th tone repeating the first but higher. |
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Minor scale |
Same as major but half steps |
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Chromatic |
12 tones of the octave |
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Modulation |
Shifting from one key to another within the same piece |
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Register |
An instruments tone color based on its range |
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Pizzicato |
Plucking strings |
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Double stop |
Two notes at once |
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Vibrato |
Rocking their left hand while pressing the string down |
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Theme |
A melody used as the basis for musical composition |
