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19 Cards in this Set
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Tone |
A sound whose principal identity is musical, as defined by people who make or experience that sound. |
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Four Physical Properties of Tone |
Duration (length) Frequency (pitch) Amplitude (volume) Timbre (quality of sound) |
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Rhythm |
The timing of musical sounds and silences |
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Note |
In Western terminology, a single musical tone |
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Rest |
In Western terminology, a silence between notes or tones |
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Beat |
A steady, underlying pulse often present in music (what you tap your foot to) |
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Tempo |
The speed of the beats |
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Subdivision |
Tones of shorter duration than the beat |
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Accent |
A note that is given special emphasis |
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Meter |
A systematic grouping of beats |
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Duple meter |
A meter with systematic grouping of two |
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Triple meter |
A meter with systematic groupings of three beats |
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Songs in duple or quadruple meter |
"The Alphabet Song" "Jingle Bells" "Alla Hai" |
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Songs in Triple Meter |
"On top of Old Smokey" "Amazing Grace" "Cielito Lindo" |
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Less common rhythms |
Syncopation Free rhythm Irregular or additive meters Back beat |
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Syncopation |
An unexpected accent that occurs between the "regular" beats. "Foune" Seckou Keita Beethoven, Piano sonata opus 111 George Gershwin, "I Got Rhythm." |
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Free Rhythm |
Music without a discernible beat. Intro to :Sarasamadana" "Roza de Shabbos" |
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Irregular or Additive Meters |
Meters with beats organized in large units that are not multiples of two or three. (The large units, however, often consist of sub-units of two or three beats) "Mission Impossible" "Take Five" "Bride's Song" from Eastern Europe |
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Back Beat |
Accents on beats two and four in a quadruple meter, rather than the more traditional accents on one and three. Common in American popular music. "A Funny Way of Asking." |
