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26 Cards in this Set
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staff
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five horizontal lines spaced equal distances apart.
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Letter names
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The various pitches are referred to by the first seven letters of the alphabet.
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staff
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five horizontal lines spaced equal distances apart.
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Letter names
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The various pitches are referred to by the first seven letters of the alphabet.
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Clefs
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A symbol placed at the beginning of a line of music that establishes the letter names of the lines and spaces of the staff
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Treble Clef
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An ornate letter G. The curved line terminates at the second line of the staff, thus designating the letter name of a note on that line as G
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Bass Clef
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Derived from the letter F. The dots are placed above and below the fourth line of the staff, designating that line as F.
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Grand Staff
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Together the treble and bass staves make up a grand staff.
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Middle C
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The point at which the two staves converge. The two C's are the same pitch: middle C.
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Ledger Lines
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Pitches that go beyond the limits of the staff are written by adding ledger lines.
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C Clef
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The C Clefs are a set of movable clefs that designate middle C. The crotch of the C clef is on C.
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Accidentals
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symbols that are placed to the left of the note heads to indicate the raising or lowering of a pitch.
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Sharp
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#, raises the pitch a half step
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Flat
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b, lowers the pitch a half step
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Natural
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cancels any previous sharp or flat and returns to the natural, or unaltered, pitch.
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Double sharp
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x, raises the pitch two half steps
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Double Flat
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bb, lowers the pitch two half steps
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Intervals
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the relationship between two tones
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Enharmonic Equivalents
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tones that have the same pitch but different letter names.
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Meter
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A regular, recurring pattern of strong and weak beats.
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Meter Signature (Time Signature)
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identifies the recurring pattern of durations at the beginning of a composition.
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Simple Meter
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Each beat is divided in two parts (simple division). The upper numbers in simple meter time signatures are usually 2, 3, or 4.
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Compound Meter
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each pulse is a dotted note, which is divided into groups of three parts (compound division). The most common compound meter signatures are 68, 98, and 128
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Complex Meter
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indicates the pulse cannot be divided into equal groups of 2 or 3. The upper numbers in complex meters are usually 5 or 7.
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Syncopation
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If a part of the measure that is usually unstressed is accented, the rhythm is considered to be syncopated.
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Liber Usualis
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The first great book of musical notation, spawned modern musical notation. Collected and transcribed by the Benedictine monks in the 16th century.
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