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| music without a program or extra-musical connotation. a piece that doesn't have a picture or something it is trying to convey to the listener |
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| singing without accompaniment |
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| continuing bass line; bass line from the baroque time |
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| chords that end a section; the last chords of a movement of a piece |
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| melody that comes back on itself to produce harmony; like a round (ex. "row row row your boat") |
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| the lowest voice in polyphony; initial chant line; basso continuo from renaissance |
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| 3 or more notes played simultaneously |
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| small group played against a bit group; soli against tutti |
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| stable, comfortable sound that seems to be at the rest as compared with a dissonant restless sound |
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| general movement of two melodic lines with respect to each other |
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| note against note; interval structure like polyphony |
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| within the scale; notes on scale |
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| tension/release; needs to be resolved; |
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| chord built on 5th and 1st scale tone. the 5th is the dominant |
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| play 2 strings at the same time |
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| first and fifth low notes that constantly play under some melody |
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| where a motive is introduced (in baroque period) |
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| guy who sings an octave higher and sounds unnatural |
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| another step of the bass line after basso continuo, and cantus firmus |
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| simultaneous sounds that make vertical consonance |
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| melody or motive repeated |
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| little snippet of melody sung at the beginning that is then used as a bass line |
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| 2 notes stacked on each other |
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| play melody or motive backwards; take bottom note of interval and put to top |
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| smooth and connected notes |
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| singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession; same syllable, multiple notes |
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| the grouping of notes in a rhythmic pattern in groups of 2, 3, or 4 |
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| to go from key to key; the act or process of changing from one key to another; to change from one tonality to another frequently by harmonic progressions |
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| short melodic pattern or phrase that is used for further development and is the basis of a section of music or composition; musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition. |
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| using extra notes outside the theme or motive to decorate; embellishments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody, but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line |
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| group of two of more phrases in antecedent/ consequence |
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| 2 motives that are call and response |
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| the highness or lowness of a tone produced by a single frequency. |
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| note against note; vertical and horizontal lines |
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| music that has an extra-musical agenda or a picture in mind |
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| distance from the lowest to the highest pitch a music instrument can play |
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| a reoccurring melodic piece in a music; the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song. |
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| a sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order |
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| playng one motive after another; immediate restatement of a motif or longer melodic (or harmonic) passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice |
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| emphasis on off-beat; a placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur; a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected which make an off-beat tune or piece of music |
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| is the speed or pace of a given piece |
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| the material, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based |
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| the overtone series created by an instrument that gives you the specific sound of an instrument; the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production |
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| the one chord in any scale; the first scale degree of the diatonic scale and the tonal center or final resolution tone |
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| to vibrate in and out of amplitude; a musical term that describes various trembling effects, falling roughly into two types |
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| three notes simultaneously; a three-note chord that can be stacked in thirds |
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| all or together and is used as a musical term, for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist |
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| to vibrate in and out of pitch; a musical effect consisting of a regular, pulsating change of pitch. |
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