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19 Cards in this Set
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What is the name of the graph of lines and spaces upon which the music is written?
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Staff
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How many lines and spaces does the graph have?
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5 lines 4 spaces
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What is musical pitch?
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Highness and lowness
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What is the name of the symbol used to describe a set of pitches? Name two types of these symbols.
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Clef, Treble Clef (G Clef) and Bass Clef (F Clef)
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What is rhythm?
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Organization of sound length
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Name the pitch, which may be written on its own little line in either clef.
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C
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What is a steady recurring pulse called?
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Beat
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How many half notes equal a whole note?
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2
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Define bar line and measure.
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Bar line- vertical lines that divide the staff into smaller sections called measures.
Measures- sections of music that are divided by bar lines |
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What symbol is used to signal the end of a piece of music?
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A double barline
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Name a form of rhythmic organization?
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Meter
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What is a time signature? Name and describe three time signatures.
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Numbers that identify a meter. 4/4, ¾, 2/4
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Define key and keynote
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Key- the importance of one pitch over the others in a scale. The key note (tone) is the home tone.
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What is scale? What does scala mean?
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An inventory or collection of pitches is scale. Scala means ladder.
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Alto
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treble voice that is lower than a soprano, usually written in treble clef
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Tenor
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a male voice written in a bass clef or treble clef
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Bass
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a male voice written in bass clef that is lower than a tenor
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Melody
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A succession of musical tones
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Harmony
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musical tones sounded simultaneously
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