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43 Cards in this Set
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Melody
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the line, or tune, in music
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contour
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how a melody moves up or down
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range
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span of pitches
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interval
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the distance between any two pitches
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conjunct
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describes a melody that moves in small, connected intervals
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disjunct
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describes a melody that moves intervals in large leaps
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phrases
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units that make up a melody
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cadences
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resting place of a phrase
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countermelody
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a secondary melody that accompanies the first
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frequency
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number of vibrations per second
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note
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a symbol that represents a pitch
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duration
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length of time
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amplitude
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a musical sound's volume, loudness or softness
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timbre (tone color)
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distinct qualities to identify instruments from others
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climax
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the high point of a melodic line
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rhythm
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what moves music forward in time
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meter
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organizes beats in music
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beats
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basic unit of rhythm
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downbeat
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downward stroke of a conductor's hand
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upbeat
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the last beat of a measure
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syncopation
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a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents
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polyrhythm
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many rhythms
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additive meter
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grouping of irregular numbers of beats that add up to a larger overall pattern
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nonmetric
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pulse of rhythm is veiled or weak
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harmony
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describes the vertical events in music, or how they sound together
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chord
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the simultaneous sound of three or more pitches (built from scales, sequence of pitches)
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triad
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has three notes built on alternate pitches of a scale
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tonic
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the central tone around which a melody and its harmonies are built
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dissonance
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unstable or discordant combination of tones
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consonance
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a stable or restful sound, a resolution of dissonance.
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octave
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the interval spanning eight notes of the scale
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half steps
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the smallest intervals used
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whole step
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two half steps
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chromatic scale
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made up of twelve half steps
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diatonic scale
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built on patterns of seven whole and half steps that form majot and minor scales
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sharp (#)
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symbol that raises a tone by a half step
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flat
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symbol that lowers a tone by a half step
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microtones
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intervals smaller than half steps
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tonic chord
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built on the first scale tone
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transposition
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composers shift the pitch level of an entire work
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modulation
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composers change the center of pitch level during a work
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pentatonic
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five-note scale
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tritonic
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three-note patter
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