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28 Cards in this Set
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Pitch |
Highness or lowness of sound |
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Octave |
Up or down to the same note |
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Octave Register |
All pitches from one C to but not including the next |
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Major Scale |
Wwh w wwh |
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Half Step |
Distance from one key to the next one |
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Whole Step |
Distance skipping next key and going to following |
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Tetrachord |
4 note patterns |
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Accidental |
Symbol that raises or lowers pitch by a half or whole step |
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Key |
Used to identify first degree of a scale |
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Key Signature |
A pattern of sharps or flats |
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Enharmonic |
Same pitch but spelled differently |
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Transpose |
To write or play music in another key |
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Natural Minor Scale |
Lower 3, 6, and 7 |
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Harmonic Minor Scale |
Lower 3 and 6 |
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Melodic Minor Scale |
Lower 3 going up and 7, 6, and 3 going down |
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Minor Pentachord |
W-h-w-w |
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Relative keys |
Keys that share the same key signature |
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Parallel Keys |
Share the same 1 degree |
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Interval |
Distance in pitch between two notes |
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Harmonic Interval |
When two notes are played at the same time |
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Simple Intervals |
Intervals smaller than an octave |
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Compound Intervals |
Intervals larger than an octave (et incl.) |
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Perfect Intervals |
1, 4, 5, 8 |
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Major and Minor intervals |
2, 3, 6, 7 |
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Augmented |
Half Step larger than major or perfect |
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Diminished |
Half step lower than minor or perfect |
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Tritone |
Augmented 4th, Diminished 5th |
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Interval inversion |
9 - old number = new interval |
