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23 Cards in this Set
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Pitch |
Relative high/ lowness of a note of music. Frequency |
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Loudness/volume |
Amplitude, Dynamics |
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Rhythm |
Time element in music. Duration. Pattern or arraignment of longer and shorter notes in a piece of music. |
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Timbre/tone color |
How the same note sounds different when played on different instruments |
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Harmony |
2 or more different notes sounding simultaneously |
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Consonance |
Harmony sounding "good" |
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Dissonance |
Harmony sounding "bad" |
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Texture |
Monophonic, polyphonic, homophonic, heterophonic |
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Beat/pulse |
Vs Free Rhythm |
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Interval |
Vertical distance between two pitches |
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Octave |
Two notes that are an octave apart vibrate at 2x frequency. "Same but different" |
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Scale |
Pallet of notes that can be used to make a piece of music. Number and spacing of steps will divide the octave |
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Heptatonic scale |
7 |
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Form |
Overall structure. Repitition, contrast, variation. |
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Emphasis |
Making a note distinctive, often thru decoration or ornamentation |
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Polyrhythm |
2 conflicting rhythms at the same time |
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Repertories of music |
Style, genre, texts, composition, transmission, movement. |
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Sachs-Hornbustel classification |
Chordophones, Aerophones, Membranophones, Idiophones, Electrophones |
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Chordophones |
Vibrations strings, include piano. |
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Aerophones |
Winds. Brass and wood |
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Membranophones |
Drums; sympathetic vibrations |
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Idiophones |
Gong, triangle, symbols, cowbell, etc. (One object vibrating) |
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Electrophones |
Electronic. Synthesisers not guitars |
