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| Pitch, vibrations per second, highness or lowness of a sound |
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| Sucession of single tones or pitches perceived as unity |
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| distance the lowest and highest tones |
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| graphic description (waves, arc, rising line) |
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| Smooth, connected melody that moves principally by small intervals |
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| Disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps |
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| Significant portion of melody |
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| Resting place in a musical phrase; music punctuation |
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| A melody that complements the main melody momentarily (it is NOT the main idea nor is it a background accompanying figure) |
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| Regular pulsation; basic unit of length |
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| Organization of rhythm in time; grouping of beats into larger, regular patterns |
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| Rhythmic group or metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats |
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| Duple, triple and quadruple meter |
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| Pattern of 2, 3, or 4 beats to a measure |
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| Grouping of rhythms in which the beat is subdivided into two |
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| Meter in which each beat is subdivided into three rather than two |
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| Deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat |
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| The simultaneous combination of notes and the ensuring relationships of intervals and cords |
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| Simultaneous combination of three or more tones that constitute a single block of harmony |
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| Series of tones in ascending or descending order |
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| Common chord type consisting of three pitches built on alternate tones of the scale (steps 1-3-5) |
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| Principle of organization around a tonic, or home, pitch, based on a major or minor scale |
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| Scale consisting of seven different tones that comprise a specific pattern of whole and half steps. Third degree raised half a step |
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| Scale consisting of seven different tones that comprise a specific pattern of whole and half steps. Third degree lowered half a step |
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| Melody using seven or eight notes |
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| Melody using all of the notes |
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| Combination of tones that sounds discordant and unstable, in need of resolution |
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| Concordant or harmonious combination of tones that provides a sense of relaxation in music |
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| Texture employing counterpoint, or two or more melodic lines |
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| Melodic idea presented in one voice and then restated in another, each part continuing as others enter |
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| Sing the same thing but enter at different points |
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| Perceptual canon at the unison in which each voice enters in sucession with the same melody |
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| Mirror image and backward statement of a melody |
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| Statement of a melody in longer note values, often twice as slow as the original |
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| Statement of a melody in shorter note values, often twice as fast as the original |
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| Two part form with each section normally repeated |
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| Performance styler with a singing leader who is imitated by a chorus of followers |
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| Singing in which a solist or group of soloists alternates with the choir |
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| The new; relief from melodic idea |
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| The compositional procedure of altering a pre-existing musical idea |
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| Creation of a musical composition while its being performed |
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| Melodic idea used as a basic building block in the construction of a composition |
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| Restatement of an idea or motive at a different pitch level |
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| Short melodic or rhythmic idea; the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-harmonic-rythmic unit |
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| Repetitive idea that supports a melody |
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| Complete, self-contained part within a larger musical work |
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| Rate of speed or pace of music |
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| Element of musical expression relating to the degree of loudness or softness, or volume, of a sound |
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| The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another |
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| Highest range voice (women or boys) |
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| Lowest of the female voices |
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| Wood or metal whose tone is produced by a column of air vibrating within a pipe that has holes |
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| Wind instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, a tube that flares into a bell, and slides or valves to vary pitch |
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| Instrument that is made to sound by striking, shaking, scraping, or plucking |
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| Bowed and plucked instruments whose sound is produced by the vibration of one or more strings |
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| Post-Romantic/Impressionist Period |
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| Modern/Contemporary Period |
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