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57 Cards in this Set
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Melody |
A series of single pitches played or sung in a certain rhythm |
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Tune |
A simple, easy to sing melody, such as a folksong ex: Row Row Row Your Boat |
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Frequency |
the rate of sound vibration |
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Pitch |
highness or lowness of tone |
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Interval |
distance between two pitches |
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Phrase |
a smaller section of a melody, a natural division
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Cadence |
Stopping/ pausing places in a melody musical punctuation (where one would take a breath) |
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Rhythm |
The time aspect of music |
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Beat |
steady pulse, basic unit for measuring time in music |
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Accent |
emphasizing one beat more than others |
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Meter |
recurring pattern of strong and weak beats |
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Duple Meter |
Beats grouped in 2 |
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Triple Meter |
beats grouped in 3 |
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Compound Meter |
beats grouped in 5 or more |
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Syncopation |
displacement of the normal accent |
accent not where it is expected |
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Harmony |
simultaneous sounding of different pitches, broken chord |
broken chords |
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Chord |
a standard grouping of 3 or more simultaneous pitches |
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Scale |
a collection of pitches |
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Tonic |
The home (fundamental pitch) in a melody, "do" in do re mi |
home plate in baseball |
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Tonality |
The homing instinct in melodies, the presence of one fundamental or most important pitch |
always trying to get back to the home plate |
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Consonance |
chords that sounds at rest, sweetness in harmony |
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Dissonance |
chords that sound tense, harshness in harmony |
all 12 pitches at 1 time |
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Octave |
Interval of an 8th, A-A, phenomenon |
8 |
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Half-step |
smallest interval, 2 successive keys on a keyboard |
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Whole step |
2 half steps, 1 key skip one next key, every other key |
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Chromatic Scale |
12 pitches, set of black and white keys, half steps |
12 |
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Diatonic scale |
7 pitches, white keys, half and whole steps |
what you would learn in band 7 |
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Major Scale |
diatonic scale with "do" as tonic, can be slow and quiet, most tunes |
Jingle Bells Star Spangled Banner |
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Minor Scale |
diatonic scale with "la" as tonic, can be fast and loud, |
We Three Kings Israeli National Anthem |
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Modulation |
changing keys within a composition, |
Baroque, hints then switches |
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Texture |
Vertical dimension of music, the number of parts |
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Monophony (Monophonic Texture) |
a single unaccompanied melody |
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Polyphony (Polyphonic Texture) |
2 or more melodies played/ sung together |
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Imitation |
same melody in different parts |
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Counterpoint |
the technique of writing polyphony |
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Homophony (Homophonic Texture) |
melody + an accompaniment |
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Theme |
main musical material of a composition |
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Motive |
a brief distinct fragment of a melody |
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Sequence |
immediate repetition of a phrase at a lower or higher pitch |
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Tempo |
rate of speed in music |
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Adagio |
slow |
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Andante |
a walking pace |
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Moderato |
moderately |
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Allegretto |
not too fast |
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Allegro |
fast |
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Presto |
very fast |
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Accelerando |
speeding up |
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Ritardando |
to slow down |
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Dynamics |
musical volume |
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Pianissimo |
very soft |
pp |
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Piano |
soft |
p |
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Mezzo Piano |
medium soft |
mp |
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Mezzo Forte |
medium loud |
mf |
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Forte |
loud |
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Fortissimo |
very loud |
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Tone Color (Timbre) |
the quality of sound |
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Keys |
the 24 different positions possible for major and minor modes |
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