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30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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A Triad is made up of
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2 superimposed 3rds
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The first, or bottom note, of a chord or triad is called the
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Root tone
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When all the notes of the chord or triad are contained in the key signature with no accidentals the chord is said to be
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Diatonic
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A major chord or triad is formed when the intervals of a _______ and a _________ are placed above the root tone
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Major 3rd and perfect 5th
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A minor chord or triad is formed when the intervals of a _______ and a _________ are placed above the root tone
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Minor 3rd and perfect 5th
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A diminished chord or triad is formed when the intervals of a _______ and a _________ are placed above the root tone
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Minor 3rd and diminished 5th
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A augmented chord or triad is formed when the intervals of a _______ and a _________ are placed above the root tone
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Major 3rd and augmented 5th
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The word sometimes used to describe a chords sound ie.. major, minor etc. is
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Sonority
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Whan a chord or triad's root tone is not in the bottom voice the arrangement of notes are in
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Inversion
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When the 3rd of the chord or triad is in the bass voice the it's said to be in
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1st inversion
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When the 5th of the chord or triad is in the bass voice the it's said to be in
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2nd inversion
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The distance between notes is called an
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Interval
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If a note is added to a triad a 3rd above the 5th the chord is now a
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7th chord
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The interval form the root tone to the last note of a 7th chord is a
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7th
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A 7th chord is formed by placing a ___ , ___ , and ___ above the root tone
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3rd, 5th, 7th
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Sound is a sensation preceived by the ear when __________ reach the ear.
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Sound waves / vibrations
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When a string or column of air vibrates the increase of pressure is called the __________ and the decrease in pressure is called __________ .
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Compression / Rarefrction
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The term given to the number of compressions and rearfactions that occure is called the ___________ .
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Frequency
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The highness or lowness of a tone is called the tone's ______________ .
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Pitch
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The loudness or softness that a tone sounds is called ______________ .
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Intensity
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The length of time a pitch or tone sounds is called ____________ .
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Duration
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A tone's sound quality as is the differance between a clarinet's sound and an oboe's sound is called ____________
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Timbre
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Music is the art of sound its characteristics are _________ ,________ ,________ and ___________ .
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Pitch, duration, intensity, and timbre
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The first partial of the overtone series is refered to as the __________ .
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Fundamental
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The staff is comprised of _____ lines and _____ spaces
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5/4
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The leter names of notes are __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
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ABCDEFG
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A _____ is placed a the beginning of the staff to establish the letter names of the lines and spaces.
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Clef
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The Treble clef designates the 2nd line of the staff as the tone ____ .
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G
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The Bass clef designates the 4th line of the staff as the tone ____ .
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F
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The C clef is a movable clef and designates it's intersection line on the staff as the tone ____ .
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Middle C
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