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71 Cards in this Set
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adopting the sounds of other cultures for the sake of novelty
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Exoticism
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judging music by its relationship to our own cultural experience
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Ethnocentrism
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2 otherwise identical melodies sung simultaneously an octave apart
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Parallel Octaves
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several notes occuring at the same time to form a chord
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Harmony
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the quality of a note that distinguishes a high note from a low one
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Pitch
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variation in pitch along with rhythm
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Melody
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the distance in pitch between any 2 notes
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Interval
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the simplest possible ratio between 2 different frequencies, 2:1
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Octave
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the feeling that a melody revolves around a central pitch
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Tonality
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"home base" pitch
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Tonic
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the "home base" pitch no matter its octave; also called tonic or key center
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Tonal center
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the melodic or pitch basis of a musical piece
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Modes
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a general direction or shape of a melody over time
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Melodic contour
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the motion of melodies with realtively small intervals between adjacent notes
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Conjunct
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the motion of melodies with realtively large intervals between adjacent notes
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Disjunct
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melodic fragment
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Motive
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the different minor scales, the minor that starts on one pitch from the minor that starts on another pitch
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Keys
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the difference between the highest and lowest notes of a melody
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Range
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where the melody lies in relation to the possible range of the singer or instrument
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Tessitura
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points of momentary rest or arrival
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Cadence
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the section of the melody from one cadence to another
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Phrase
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a recurring melodic fragment
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Cadential motive
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cadence that creates a resting point in relation to what immediately preceeds but cannot be used to end the piece
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Half-cadence
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rapid alternation between 2 notes a step apart
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Trill
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an entire melody recognizable as a discrete entity
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Theme
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what guides our listening experience
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Structure/form
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large sections within a single composition
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Movement
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a song that repeats a group of melodic phrases over and over but with different words
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Strophic
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playing a melody at a different pitch level
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Transposition
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temporarily changing modes even if the tonic does not change
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Modulation
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a melody (theme) or sometimes a characteristic chord progression will be introduced at the beginning
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Theme & Variations
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how music is organized in time
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Rhythm
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when the timing of notes doesnt fall into a periodic pattern or if notes cannot be identified
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Nonpulsatile
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notes of more or less the same length follow one another but the rhythm is so free it is hard to pin a constant pulse
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Quasipulsatile
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sometimes called non-pulsatile music but it still has rhythm
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Nonmetric
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the rate at which the beat passes
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Tempo
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gradual speed up of tempo
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Accelerando
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gradual slowing down of tempo
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Ritardando
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an organization of beats, divisions of beats and grouping of beats into distinct levels of the passage of time
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Meter
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a meter in which the beats are grouped in 3's
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Triple meter
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meter where beats are grouped in 2's
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Duple meter
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a meter in which the beat is divided into 3
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Compund meter
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a meter in which the beat is divided into 2
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Simple meter
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rhythm in which the metrical stress of a note is displaced in the meter so that the emphasis occurs on normally unstressed beats
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Syncopation
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emphasis given to a certain note
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Accent
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the use of loudness as a musical element
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Dynamics
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gradually getting louder
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Crescendo
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gradually getting softer
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Decrescendo
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musical characteristic that describes the relative importance and distribution of the various instrumental or vocal parts
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Texture
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one sound, a single melody
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Monophony
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a single melody accompanied by supporting harmony
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Homophony
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several melodies of more or less equal focus at the same time
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Polyphony
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texture of simultaneous variations in a melody
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Heterophony
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singers sing the same melody at staggered time intervals
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Round/canon
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one imitates the melody in another line
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Imitative polyphony
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long constant pitch played throughout all or part of a composition
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Drone
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the quality of an instruments sound that distinguishes an oboe from a flute or a voice and trumpet
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Timbre
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instruments that play a certain piece
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Instrumentation
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the art of combining the instruments in different ways for musical effect
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Orchestration
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all different instrumentation
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Heterogeneous
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all similar instrumentation that play a certian piece
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Homogeneous
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hollow chambers or solid pieces that change an instruments tone, quality and loudness
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Resonators
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string instruments, a vibrating string whether plucked or bowed
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Chordophones
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wind instruments, a column of air within the instrument
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Aerophones
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entire instrument vibrates
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Idiophones
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instrument makes sound through a loudspeaker
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Electrophones
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construction used in chordophones to lift the string up over the body so that it vibrates freely
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Bridge
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the collection of adjacent strings associated with a particular pitch
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Course
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chordophones in which the strings are parallel to a resonator that extends the entire length
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Zithers
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chordophones in which the strings are parallel to the body that holds them with a resonator at one end
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Lutes
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chordophone where strings are attached to a crossbar held up by 2 posts with a resonator at the bottom
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Lyres
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