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32 Cards in this Set
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legato
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connects noteso f different pitches and tells the person 2 play smooth
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melody
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series of pitches organized in a meaningful way
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motive
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smallest unit of melody
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phrase
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a musical sentence
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stacato
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play notes ina detached fashiion
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theme
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main idea of a piece of music
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section
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muisc
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flat
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play half step lower
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half step
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distance from one key to the next
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cadence
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a musical punctuation
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ternary form
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musical statement, contrast, return
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score
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basically the grand staff, except it has each instruments music on it
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form
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the shape of a piece of music, ABA
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binary form
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musical statement and musical counterstatement, AB
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natural sign
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cancelsa previous sign
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sharp
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half step higher
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consonant
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complete and pleasnat harmony
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chord
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a group of pitches played simultaneously
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texture
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layers of sound in music
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dominant
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5th note of a major scale
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harmony
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2 or more pitches sounding at the same time
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chromatic scale
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the set of twelve pitches represented by al the white and black notes on the piano
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dissonant
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unstable or unpleasant harmony
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progression
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movement of one chord/harmoney to another
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accompaniment
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harmonies that support the melodies in a pieceo of music
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modulation
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a change of key
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accidental
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adding a pitch that isn't part of the key
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relative keys
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2 keys with the same key signatures
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tonic
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first note of a major scale
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unison
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2 parts play the same not
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homophony
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main melody with accompaniment
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polyphony
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2 or more melodies played @ the smae time
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