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Relative highness or lowness of sound |
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Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another. |
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“Distance” in pitch between any two tones |
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Most basic of chords, consisting of three alternate tones of the scale |
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Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone |
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“The harmony of spheres” He believed that the planets corresponded to musical notes. |
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Degrees of loudness or softness in music. |
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pianissimo piano mezzo piano mezzo forte forte fortissimo |
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pp – very soft p – soft mp – moderately soft mf – moderately loud f – loud ff – very loud |
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Series of pitches arranged in order from high to low or low to high. |
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Central tone of a melody or larger piece of music. If piece is in C major, C is keynote. |
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Smallest interval traditionally in western music. – Interval twice as large as half step. |
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Organization of beats into regular groups |
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Ordered flow of music through time, the pattern of durations of notes and silences in music. |
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Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time. |
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Accenting of a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat. Typical in Jazz. |
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largo grave adagio andante moderato allegretto allegro vivace presto prestissimo |
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very slow, broad very slow, solemn slow moderately slow, walking pace moderate moderately fast fast lively very fast as fast as possible |
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Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole. |
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Single melodic line without accompaniment |
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Performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time. |
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music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords. |
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How chords are constructed and how they follow each other |
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Tone combination that is stable and restful |
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Tone combination that is unstable and tense. |
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monophonic, free rather than measured rhythm. |
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composed of two parts or two pieces. |
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composed of three parts of music |
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medieval dance and musical form popular in Italy during the 13th and 14th century. |
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Medieval polyphony that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines. |
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technique of changing pitch while a syllable is being sung. |
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each syllable of text is matched to a single note. |
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Music of the late middle ages that was composed with rhythm. |
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cultural movement between the 14th and 17th century. |
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Musical representation of specific poetic images. |
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Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than that of the mass. |
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Composition for several voices set to a short secular poem. |
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Lyric driven songs usually polyphonic and secular. |
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Choral music without instrumental accompaniment. |
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Sacred choral composition made up of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. |
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Voices, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard, electronic. |
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