Coursera - Fundamentals Of Music Theory Vocabulary

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Pitch

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The degree of highness or lowness of a tone

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Staff/Stave

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A five line chart used for recording music in written form.

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Note

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A single tone of definite pitch made by a musical instrument.

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Ledger Line

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A temporary line that allows a single note to be recorded above or below a standard staff.

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Treble clef

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A symbol that represents placing G above middle C on the second-lowest line of the staff.

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Octave

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Equivalent notes that occur at different frequencies

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EGBDF

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Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit;

A method for recalling the notes on the lines of the treble clef.

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FACE

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Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit;

A method for recalling the notes on the spaces of the treble clef.

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Semitone

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The interval between two adjacent notes in a 12-tone scale (from C to C♯).

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Second

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The interval between two notes that are two notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to D).

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Third

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The interval between two notes that are three notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to E).

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Fourth

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The interval between two notes that are four notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to F).

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Fifth

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The interval between two notes that are five notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to G).

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Sixth

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The interval between two notes that are six notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to A).

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Seventh

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The interval between two notes that are seven notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to B).

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Eighth

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The interval between two notes that are eight notes apart in a 12-tone scale (from C to C).

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Scales

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Pathways through an octave. (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol,La, Ti, Do; C, D, E, F, G, A, B,C)

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Common Practice

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A set on musical techniques created and employed largely in Western Europe from 1600 to 1900. Used by many classical composers including as Beethoven, Bach, Hadyn, and Mozart.

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Diatonic Scale

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A scale that has seven notes with some pattern of five tones andtwo semitones.

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Tonic

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The letter that a scale is named after. (In the C Major scale the "C" is the tonic.)

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Modes

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Alternative tonalities (scales) that can be derived from the familiar major scale by starting on a different scale tone.

Changes the relationshipof the tones andthe semi-tones between the tonics granting a different quality to music.

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Ionian Mode

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Music that uses the traditional major scale.

(C Major - CDEFGABC)

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Aeolian Mode

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A mode derived by starting the Ionian (major) scale on the sixth scale tone.

(Aeolian Mode - ABCDEFGA)

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Dorian Mode

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A mode derived by starting the Ionian (major) scale on the second scale tone.

(Dorian Mode - DEFGABCD)