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| the line, or tune, in music |
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| how the melody moves up and down |
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| the distance between any two pitches |
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| a melody that moves in small, connected intervals |
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| a melody that moves by leaps |
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| the units that make up a melody; a unit of meaning within a larger structure, like a musical sentence |
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| the resting place in a musical phrases |
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| a melody that is accompanied by a secondary melody; an added melody sounding against another melody |
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| poetic and musical phrases usually align |
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| number of vibrations per second |
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| a music sound percieved at a certain volume |
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| movement of music in time |
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| simple recurring patterns; typically 2,3 or 4 beats grouped in a measure |
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| marked off in measures, organizes the beats in music; usually the strongest beat |
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| divisible by three beats instead of two |
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| deliberate disruption of pattern; accent shifted to a weak beat or off beat |
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| simultaneous use of different rhythmic patterns |
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| music without a strong sense of beat or measure |
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| measures often begin with a strong _________________ |
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| regular vertical lines through the staff |
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| the principle of organization around a central tone; the tonic; organization where we hear a piece in relation to a central tone |
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| a combination of tones that sounds discordant, in need of a resolution |
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| a concordant, or agreeable, combination of musical tones that provides a sense of relaxation and fulfillment |
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| three of more notes stacked on top of each other |
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| collection of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order |
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| distance between first and last note. spanning 8 notes of the major/minor scale; most harmoneous sound you can play in music |
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| first note of the scale; is the "home base" |
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| melody and harmony functioning together to make a musical system |
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| the smallest unit used to divide an octave |
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| seven pitches drawn from 12 |
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| made up of these twelve half steps |
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| built on patterns of seven whole and half steps that form major and minor scales |
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| intervals smaller than a half step (only used in some parts of the world) |
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| playing in a different key |
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| the process of moving from one key to another |
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| seek to be resolved completed |
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| the interweaving of the melodic lines with harmony in music |
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| the simplest texture; single voice music without accompaniment |
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| refers to multiple voices elaborating the same melody at the same time |
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| texture with principal melody and accompanying harmony |
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| two or more melodic lines combined into a multivocal texture |
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| when a melodic idea is presented in one voice, then restated in another |
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| one line set against another |
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| structure or shape of a piece of music; the organizing principle in music; its basic elements are repetition, contrast and variation. |
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| common in songs, features repeated music for each stanza of text |
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| doing something one way and then switching it |
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| an idea that is presented then changed throughout the piece by adding notes |
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| the performer has liberty within a piece to create their own lines |
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| the idea is presented and then is contrasted |
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| a melodic idea used as a building block in music |
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| theme that has slight changes but is still recognizable |
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| occurs when a theme is repeated at a higher or lower pitch |
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| smallest fragment of a theme |
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| someone plays/sings and then is repeated by a group |
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| a repeated figure throughout an entire work |
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| the rate of speed, or pace, of the music |
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| describe the volume, or how loud or soft the music is played |
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| choral groups singing without accompaniment |
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| ensemble music for small groups, with one player per part |
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| one person accompanied by a piano |
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