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45 Cards in this Set
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John Cage
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4:33 minutes of silence
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Music
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the art of sound in time
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Sound
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made up of vibrations
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Frequency
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vibrations per second
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Pitch
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noise with a specific frequency
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Range
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from lowest note to highest note
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Dynamics
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the loudness/softness of a song; amplitude; strength of vibrations
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Tone color
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Timbre; quality of a sound; why instruments sound different from each other
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Overtones
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ringing; richness; extra pitches played softly (using pedal?)
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Rhythm
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the time aspect of music; the arrangement of long and short sounds
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Beat
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unit for measuring time in music
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Accent
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a beat with extra emphasis
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Meter
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a recurring pattern of strong and weak beats (Duple/Triple)
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Syncopation
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placing accents in unexpected positions
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Tempo
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speed at which beats follow one another
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Scale
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collection of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order; repeats at each octave
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Interval
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distance between two pitches
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Octave
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interval of 8
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Diatonic Scale
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7 note scale
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Chromatic Scale
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12 note scale; all half steps
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Melody
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organized series of pitches in music
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Cadence
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resting/stopping point in a melody; a pause
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Motive
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the shortest identifiable fragment of a melody
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Theme
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a melody that has been developed and elaborated on
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Harmony
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adds musical depth (vertical)
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Consonance
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two or more notes sounding at rest; pleasing
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Disonance
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two or more notes sounding clashing; creates tension
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Texture
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the way sounds are arranged
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Monophony
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one melody alone; all singing same thing
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Homophony
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one dominant melody with accompaniment; singing plus guitar
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Polyphony
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two or more melodic lines of equal importance simultaneously; like a round
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Counterpoint
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the study/science of writing polyphonic music
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imitative
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same melody played at different times; like a round (polyphonic)
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non-imitative
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dueling melodies; two different ones at once (polyphonic)
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Tonality
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music centered around one central note
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Tonic
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the home pitch (12 possibilities)
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Modality
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major or minor
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Key
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mode + tonic; 24 possible
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Modulate
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moving from one key to another
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Form
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basic outline of a piece of music
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Genre
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the broad category a piece of music belongs to
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Strings
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violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, mandolin, banjo, harp
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Woodwinds
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flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, English horn
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Brass
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trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba
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Percussion
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kettle drums, tympani, xylophone, snare, cymbals
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