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39 Cards in this Set
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Contour
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LINEAR shape of music ; PITCH rises and falls
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rhythm
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Relationship between music and time: different links
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Tempo
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Speed of beat
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Pitch / tone
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Vibration put into motion
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Melody
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Collection of note it notes that make memorable tunes
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Harmony
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More than one note simutaneously
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chord
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3 or more notes at the same time
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Octave
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Distance between one note and the next higher or lower with the same name
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Key or toneality
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Collection of pictures where one becomes the total center
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Timbre
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The tone quality of sound
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Texture
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How the musical lines function together in relation to each other
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Dynamics
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Fluctuations in volume
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Form
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organizational structure of a piece of music
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The majors
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RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol, Mercury, Decca
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Tin Pan Alley
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Piano sound / New York City
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R&B musical characteristics
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Hard driving rhythms, words, melody little attention, vocal style = shout
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Louis Armstrong
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Scat singing
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Bessie Smith
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Empress of blues/ St Louis Blues
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Guitar types
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Hollow or solid, acoustic or electric, metal or wood, # of different shapes
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Strat
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Made by fender (6)
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Les Paul
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Made by Gibson 3&3
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Early types of American music
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sacred vs secular, minstrel, vaudeville, tin pan alley
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Types of saxophone
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SATB: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone
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four types if American blues
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Country classic urban Chicago
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West African influences on American blues
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Polyrhythm, Bluenotes, call&response
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Sacred vs secular
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Sacred = religious
secular = non-religious |
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Blue notes
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Lowering the 3rd and 7th scale
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Boogie woogie
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Repetitive left hand
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Cover
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Follow-up version of the original song
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Crossover
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Song from one market selling in another
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Bill Haley's 3 musical styles
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Country R&B rock and roll
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Elvis's musical influences
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R&B, gospel, C &W, bluegrass, western swing,pop
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Elvis's special watched by 1 billion
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Aloha from Hawaii
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Three main influences on rock
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Pop ,C & W ,R & B
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monophony, homophony, polyphony
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m: ------ 1 dom
h: -------- ~~~~ 1 dom one side p:------ --------- 2 dom |
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Yodeling / falsetto
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Cracking of the voice higher
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Crooner vs shouter
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c= low
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Mellotron
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Electric keyboard instrument pre-recorded acoustic sound on tape
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Mi di
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Musical instrument digital interface flash link between keyboard and keys
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