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Melody
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One main melodic line; the range (highness and lowness) changes throughout. A melody is the line, or tune, in music. a succession of single pitches that we perceive as a recognizable whole. a melody goes up and down, with one pitch being higher or lower than another.
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Rhythm / Meter
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Accented pulses (beats) grouped in slow moving triple divisions (difficult to count). Rhythm is what moves music forward in time.
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Harmony
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Harsh, jarring combinations of sound; a single sustained low pitch
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Texture
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Interest focused on a single line with all parts moving together; then a new rhythmic idea appears under the tune.
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Form
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Repetition is the main organizing feature, as other elements shift throughout
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Expression
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Changing tempos (pace) and dynamics (volume) to create drama
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Performing Forces
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Large choir and orchestra
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Timbre
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A mixed choir of women and men's voices with orchestra; frequent interjections by loud percussion (drums and metallic gongs) and brass (trumpets)
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Text
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Latin text in 3 verses; originally a medieval poem about fate and fortuna, the roman goddess of luck.
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Maestoso
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majestic
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Con Spirito
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with spirit
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Con Fuoco
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with fire
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When to applaud
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entrances of performers, soloists, and conductors. After complete works such as a symphony, a concerto, a sonata, or a song cycle, rather than between movements of a multi-movement work. Sometimes short works are grouped together on the program suggesting that they are a set. applause is suitable at the close of the group.
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The concertmaster in an orchestra concert / tunes the orchestra...
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the first violinist / asks the oboe player to play a pitch, to which all instruments tune to
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symphony
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is an extended composition usually for the entire orchestra usually comprised of four movements.
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sonata
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written for one or two instruments
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concerto
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is for a soloist with an orchestra
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Song cycle
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any of several groups of songs written by composers during and after the Romantic period, each series employing texts, usually by one poet, relating a story or grouped around a central motif
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Wynton Marsalis
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one of the most successful jazz and classical players today. was the 1st jazz artist to win the pulitzer prize in music for his first epic opera, Blood on the Fields.
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Lang Lang
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"the hottest artist on the classical music planet" pianist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uAtPdfEAKg
performs from memory |
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encore
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french for again and used for an added piece
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contour
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how a melody moves up and down. the contour of a melody is its overall shape as it turns upward, downward, or remains static.
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range
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a span of pitches. the distance between a melodies lowest and highest notes.
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interval
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the distance between any two pitches.
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conjunct vs disjunct
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a melody that moves in small, connected intervals / while one that moves by leaps is disjunct. melodies that move principally by small intervals in a joined, connected manner are conjunct. While those moving in larger, disconnected intervals are disjunct.
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phrases
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the units that make up a melody. it ends in a cadence (resting place).
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cadences
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phrases end in resting places called cadences. punctuates the music in the same way that a comma or period punctuates a sentence. it is where the singer or instrumentalist pauses to draw a breath.
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countermelody
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a melody may be accompanied by a secondary melody.
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rhyme scheme
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in a poem describes the similarity in sound of the last syllables in each line.
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Climax
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the high point in a melodic line, which usually represents a peak in intensity as well as in range.
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Meter
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marked off in measures, organizes the beats (basic units) in music.
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beat
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the basic unit of rhythm
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downbeat
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simple meters
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duple, triple, and quadruple are the most common.
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