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58 Cards in this Set
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Accent |
play the note louder, with more emphasis |
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accidental |
a sharp, flat, or natural sign that appears in a piece of music |
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articulation |
the manner in which a note in performed |
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decrescendo/diminuendo |
gradually softer |
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dotted note |
a note that has one half the original notes value tacked on |
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dynamic signs |
indicate how loud or soft the music should be played |
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enharmonic notes |
two notes that sound the same but are written differently |
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fermata |
hold the note for longer than its original value |
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flat |
lowers the note by a half step |
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legato |
to play 2 or more notes smoothly connected |
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measure |
the area between two barlines |
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mezzo/moderato |
moderately |
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ritardando |
gradually slower |
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slur |
smoothly connects two or more notes of different pitches |
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tempo |
"rate of speed" how fast or slow the music should be played |
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tie |
two notes of the same pitch joined by a curved line |
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augmented interval |
when a perfect or major interval is made larger by a half step |
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chord |
3 or more notes played together |
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diatonic interval |
when the keynote and the upper note of an interval are from the same major scale |
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dimished interval |
when a perfect or minor interval is made smaller by a half step |
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dominant |
the tone a 5th above the tonic. 5th scale degree |
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dominant 7th chord |
built on 5th scale degree with a root, major 3rd, perfect 5th and a minor 7th |
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double flat |
lowers the note by a full step |
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double sharp |
raises the note by a full step |
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enharmonic keys |
keys and scales that sound the same but are written differently. e.g C#,F# and B. Db, Gb and Cb |
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interval |
the distance between two notes |
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leading tone |
7th scale degree |
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major scale |
WWHWWWH two tetrachords joined by a whole step |
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major triad |
triad: root, M3, P5 |
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mediant |
3rd scale degree |
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minor interval |
when a major interval is decreased by a half step |
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perfect interval |
4th, 5th and 8th |
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primary chords |
1st, 4th and 5th |
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root |
note from which a chord gets its name. the lowest note of the chord |
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root position |
when the order of notes goes from lowest to highest : root, 3, 5 |
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solfege |
a system of reading musical notes by assigning a different syllable to each note |
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subdominant |
4th scale degree |
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submediant |
6th scale degree |
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supertonic |
2nd scale degree |
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tetrachord |
4 notes having the pattern of WWH in alphabetical order |
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tonic |
1st scale degree |
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triad |
3 notes 1,3,5 |
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Aeolian mode |
a natural minor scale. A to A on the white keys |
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arpeggio |
when the notes of a chord are played sequentially |
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augmented triad |
M triad that has a raised 5th |
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diminished triad
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m triad that has a lowered 5th |
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Dorian mode |
a narutral minor scale with the 6th raised a half step. D to D on the white keys |
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inversion |
the notes of a triad rearranged |
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1st inversion |
3 of the triad on bottom, root on top |
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2nd inversion |
5th of triad on bottom root, then 3rd on top |
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Ionian mode |
a Major scale. C to C on the white keys |
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Locrian mode |
a natural minor scale with the 2nd and 5th lowered a half step. B to B on the white keys |
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Lydian mode |
a major scale with the 4th raised a half step. F to F on the white keys |
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minor triad |
triad with a root, minor 3rd and a perfect 5th. In major keys, 2,3,6 chords are minor, in minor keys, 1 and 4 are minor chords |
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mixolydian mode |
a major scale where the 7th is lowered a half step. G to G on the white keys |
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Mode |
a system of scales that began in ancient greece. 8 notes in alphabetical order |
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Phrygian mode |
a natural minor scale with the 2nd lowered a half step. E to E on the white keys |
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Primary Triads |
I, IV and V for major keys. i, iv, V for minor keys |
