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| begins with the vibration of an object. the vibrations are transmitted to ears by a medium (air) then eardrums vibrate and signals (impulses) are sent to brain where they are selected, organized and interpreted. |
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| Four main properties of music |
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| pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration |
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| art based of organization of sounds in time |
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| the highness or lowness of a sound |
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| a sound that has a definite pitch |
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| the distance in pitch between any two tones |
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| tones separated by the interval. 8 notes 7 tones |
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| distance between lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce. Untrained voice-1 and a half octaves. Piano-over 7 octaves |
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| Decrescendo or Diminuendo |
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| quality that distinguishes instruments or voices |
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| soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto |
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| 6 categories of western instruments |
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| string, woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboard, eletronic |
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| part of the total range in which an instrument can be played |
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| 1st violinist-plays solo and coordinates bowing of strings and fills in if conductor can't make it. |
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| throbbing tone-pitch fluctuations warm tone |
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timpani (kettledrums)
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snare drum
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| What is king of instruments |
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| Pipe organ-can sound like all kinds of tones |
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| flow of music thru time-arrangement of notes length |
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| regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into units of time |
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| organization of beats into groups |
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| group containing fixed # of beats |
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| when accented note comes where normally it wouldn't-offbeat |
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| system of writing music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicatied |
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| if pitch falls above or below range indicated by staff |
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| shows pitch of each line, space |
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| shows music for each instrument, voice |
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| Upper number of time signature |
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| tells how many beats in measure |
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| Lower number in time signature |
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| tells what note gets beat |
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| series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole |
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| repetition of previous section at different pitch |
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| the way chords are constructed and how the follow each other. adds depth |
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| a stable tone combination- arrival, rest and resolution |
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| an unstable tone combination |
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| when dissonance moves to consonance |
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| simplest, most basic chord, 3 tones do mi sol |
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| triad built on first note of scale |
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| triad built on 5th note of scale |
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| arpeggio-individual tones of chord are sounded one after the other |
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| involves central tone and chord (tonality) |
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| whole whole half whole whole whole half |
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| whole half whole whole half whole whole |
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| sharps and flats for a piece |
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| 12 tones of octave-all black and white on octave of piano |
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| shifting from 1 key to another |
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| how many different layers of sounds are heard at once |
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| unison, having one sound, single melodic line |
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| simultaneous performance of 2 or more melodic lines (many sounds) |
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| technique of combing several melodic lines into meaningful whole |
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| one main melody accompanied by chords |
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| organization of musical elements in time |
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| unity and variety at same time |
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| used most frequent A-statement B-contrast A-return |
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| A-statement B-counter statement |
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| characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form |
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