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| A coherent succession of single pitches |
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| Define the range of a melody |
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| The distance between two pitches (octave) |
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| moving in smaller intervals (smooth, connected) |
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| moving with larger intervals (jumps, leaps) |
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| Pitch (high low), timbre (tone color), duration(how long), intensity (loud soft) |
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| 2 beats per measure (strong weak) |
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| 3 beats per measure (strong weak weak) |
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| Disruption of pattern (weak beat is louder) 'entertainer' |
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| Change in key during composition |
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| Change the whole song into a different key |
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| Principle of organization around the tonic |
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| If composition in B minor tonic pitch is |
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| Most common type of texture in western music |
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| Homophonic (melody with accompaniment) |
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| Simplest type of texture in western music |
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| Monophonic (single line texture, melody without accompaniment) |
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| Texture in which two or more voices elaborate the same melody simultaneously often result to Improvisation (Benjamin Britton) |
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| Define polyphonic texture |
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| Two or more melodic lines combined into multi-voiced texture (fugue) |
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| one melody - all parts with same rhythmic gestures (hymns) |
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| Melodic idea presented in one voice then restarted in another |
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| melody upside down and backwards |
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| melody stated in longer note values |
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| melody stated in shorter note values |
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| simplest of canons, each voice enters in succession with same melody (row row row your boat) |
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| Two part formed based upon a statement and departure (A B) |
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| three part form based upon a statement, departure, and statement (A B A) |
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| Two examples of musical devices used to develop musical form |
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| repetition and contrast (unity and variety in music) |
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| small fragment of theme that still a melody |
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| repetition of musical pattern |
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| section of a larger work (symphony, sonata, etc) is called: |
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| some aspects of music are altered but original is still recognizable |
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| Pieces created in performance not entirely pre-composed |
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| Device to measure exact number of beats per minute |
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| Two examples of pitched percussion instrument |
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| Two examples of unpitched percussion instrument |
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| Instruments which make up string quartet |
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| Instruments which make up piano trio |
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| Singing without instruments or accompaniment |
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| Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon |
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| Symphony No. 94 (Surprise) - Haydn |
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Diatonic melody, Andante, Soft opening
Oboe and flute solo, 1st movement adagio |
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Duple meter, wide range, disjunct motion
Forte, moderate tempo |
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Changing textures, monophonic statement, imitative polyphony
Strings and human vocals, pompous/triumphant mood |
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| Nutcracker March - Tchaikovsky |
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Ternary Form, Repetition, contrast
allegro, happy and upbeat mood |
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