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43 Cards in this Set
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cyclic
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goes in circle
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program music
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purely instrumental related to an object story or idea outside the music
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ternary form
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ABA
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ballad
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a poem that tells a story
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modified strophic form
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variations on originally introduced theme
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piano trio
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piano violin and cello
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a capella
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unaccompanied voices
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word painting
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individual words are "painted" with music that matches meaning
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character pieces
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relatively short works that capture a particular character - in sense of mood
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mazurka
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polish folk dance in triple meter
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drone bass
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a single pair of notes repeated over and over
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Leitmotif
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a brief musical phrase or idea connected to some person even or idea in a drama
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chromatic
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contains notes that do not naturally occur in the scale or key area where it is based
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pentatonic scale
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5 note scale
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scherzo
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light hearted movement in fast tempo and in triple meter
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impressionism
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quality of suggesting rather than stating is basic
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gamelan
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large collection of drums gons xlophones and plucked string instruments
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diatonic scale
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combination of whole steps and half steps
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ostinatos
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repeated musical patterns
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dissonance
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sound that clashes
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sprechstimme
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speach voice
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register
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the range in which the music is presented
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neclassicism
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18 century influence in 1900s
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postmodernism
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style of modernism, playful
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through composed
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composer uses distinctly new music from beginning to end
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rondo
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abacada
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additive form
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nothing disappears
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aleatory music
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music where chance comes to play
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electronic music
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music using sounds generated purely electronically
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minimalism
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brieg musical idea or group of ideas is repeated and varied incrementally over a long span of time with a relatively slow rate of change
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syncopation
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disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm
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hemiola
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syncopation in patterns of 3
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fill
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sort instrumental response that occupies the time between the singer's phrases
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sequence
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short musical motif that repeats at successively higher or lower pitches
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section
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group within an orchestra choir or band
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call and response
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one instrument offers short motif and others respond
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head
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main tune
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bebop
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rhythmically and formally irregular
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sequenced
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repeated
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cadential
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ending
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fills
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very brief solos that occupy musical gaps between sections
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shuffle groove
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mid tempo rhythmic pattern
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anacrusis
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pick up notes
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