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-A way of writing down music
-Complex set of symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and expression |
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-Express duration of notes
-Are relative and proportional
-Are indicated by note heads, stems, flags, beams, and dots. |
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-Make rhythm easier to read
-Groups together short notes |
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-Represent silences
-Correspond to note values (equal duration) |
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| lengthen duration of note by 50% |
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| Connects two notes of the same pitch in one long duration |
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| Connects different pitches. Notes are played smoothly |
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Dots fall above or below notes
-Notes are played in very detached way |
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| Group notes and divide into 3 equal parts |
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-Basic time unit for a piece of music
-Seperated by bar lines |
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-Found on staff at beginning of piece
-Top number = Beats in each measure
-Bottom number = note value of beat |
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-Five lines with spaces between
-Placement of note specifies exact pitch |
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| Extend the staff for higher or lower pitches |
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-Identify a reference pitch
-Help musicions quickly identify pitches |
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| Brackets treble and bass clef together |
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| Raises a note one half step |
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| Lowers note one half step |
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| Shows which sharps and flats to use consistantly throughout a piece |
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-Show music for two or more instruments or voices
-Line up parts vertically (on top of each other) |
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| = 20 to 20,000 cycles per second |
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| Short vibrating elements cause- |
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| Long vibrating elements cause- |
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-Definite or Indefinite
-High or low |
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-Loud or soft
-Involve gradual changes |
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| mezzo piano = medium soft |
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| messo forte = medium loud |
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| Not heard as distinct pitches |
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| Subito forte (loud) or subito piano (soft) |
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-“Eight span”
– Higher note seems to duplicate lower note |
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| Usually the distance between adjacent notes of a scale |
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-smallest interval
-the distance between adjacent notes on the chromatic scale
-Distance between notes on keys next to each other |
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| Fixed collections of pitches used to construct music (Commonly Diatonic or Chromatic) |
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-Contain 5 whole steps and 2 half steps
-Contain seven pitches
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-Contains 12 pitches
-Consists entirely of half steps
-Requires sharps or flats |
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-Primary bearer of musical meaning
-Most likely to move the listener |
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-A special kind of melody
-Simple, easy to sing
-Folk songs, dances, pop songs, patriotic songs, and Christmas carols |
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-Division into phrases
-Balance between phrases
-Parallellism and contrast
-Climax and cadence |
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