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30 Cards in this Set
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Relationship between music and time
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Rhythm
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specific rhythmic framework (3/4, 4/4 for example)
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Meter
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The speed at which a piece is played
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Tempo
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Tone created by the frequency of vibration, within a vibrating body
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Pitch
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A succession of multiple pitches
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Melody
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A melody that moves in gradual or stepwise motion
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Conjunct Melody
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A melody that moves in skips
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Disjunct Melody
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Simultaneous sounding of multiple notes
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Chord
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Structure and relation of chords and melody
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Harmony
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Tone color or character
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Timbre
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How musical lines relate to each other
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Texture
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Single line
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Monophony
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One line predominates
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Homophony
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Multiple interpretations of the same melody
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Heterophony
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Interaction of two or more voices, call and response
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Antiphony
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Two or more independent lines
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Polyphony
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Variations in volume
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Dynamics
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To get louder
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Crescendo
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To get softer
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Decrescendo
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Organizational structure in a piece of music
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Form
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The arrangement of musical instruments
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Instrumentation
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Complete musical idea
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Phrase
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Syllables that have no linguistic meaning - used for a variety of timbre
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Vocables
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Zuni Indians
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Southwest - Navajo/Cherokee
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Plains Indians
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Central Northwest - Sioux
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Eastern Woodlands Indians
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Northeast - Iriquois
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General African Traits (as shown by the Ghana Postal Workers)
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Diatonic melodies (later we see pentatonic scales)
Polyrhythm - use of multiple rhythms simultaneously Repitition and improvisation Willingness to integrate other music cultures Group participation Music learned through enculturation - been learning it since you were little Music used in everyday life |
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General African American Traits
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Sense of community and participation
Learning primarily throuh enculturation and informal apprenticships Melismatic singing - stretching one syllable over many pitches Pitch content - pentatonic with added chromatic tones and inflections (blue-note tones in between the notes found on the piano) Rhythm - plays large role despite the lack of drums Adaptation of material culture - almost anything can be an instrument - instruments taken from dominant culture are used in unique ways Timbre - tendency towards unique vocal and intrumental timbre with emphasis on "soul or the truth" Form - primarliy forms are short and repetitive - also, borrowing of forms form protestant tradition Call and response - antiphony High context culture - things are implied more often than said |
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Mande main instrument
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String instruments (KORA)
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Chunnig
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refers to not only the tuning but also the timbre
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