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40 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Middle C
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Where we center our music
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Distance from B to A
C to G A to D |
1/7
1/5 1/4 |
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Harmony
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something that accompanies song/tune
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1/8th Note
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1/2 Count
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Tone Quality
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Timbre
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Whole Note
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4 counts
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Volume
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Loudness or Softness (amplitude)
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Quarter Note
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1 count
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Key
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a collection of seven pitches defined by our major scales
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name triads by ______?
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Root (root 3rd, 5th)
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Rhythm
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VARIATIONS of beats/pulses
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Treble Clef
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Shows where G is
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Natural Half Step
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from B-C and E-F (no black notes)
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Time Signature
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(top #) shows the number of beats in each measure (bottom #) shows what kind of note gets one beat
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Music (teacher's definition)
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organized sound in time
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constant
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unisen, octave, perfect fit
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Tempo
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how fast or slow teh beat/pulse is
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piano forte
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piano (p) = soft
forte (f) = loud |
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Half-steps
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The smallest interval in western music.
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Great/Grand Staff
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two staffs joined together by a bar line & played together
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Interval
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distance from one pitch to another.
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Music Notation
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goes from down to up
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Octave
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From C-C D-D #B-#B
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Staff
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five lines that we write music on
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Enharmonic
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one pitch that has more than one name or two names describing the same pitch.
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Half Note
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2 counts
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Scale
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A set C - C
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Formula for for major scale?
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Full-Full-Half-Full-Full-Full-Half
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# (Sharp)
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To make a note higher, going up a half-step
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Base Clef
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shows where F is
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b (flat)
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going down a half step
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Asthetic
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emotion, expressional part of music
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Melody
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Tune/song
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Mnemonic Device
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memory aid
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Frequency
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how many times something occurs (vibrations per second)
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Interval
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distance between two notes or pitches
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Sound
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Vibrations traveling through air within audible range
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Measure
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grouping of notes/beats marked off by two vertical lines on a staff
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What is audible range?
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20 hz - 20,000 hz
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Pitch
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how high or low
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