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| a symbol which alters the pitch of the note |
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| an interval which is one chromatic semitone larger than the equivalent major or perfect interval |
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| a vertical line which divides the staff into measures |
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| the clef that indicates F on the fourth line of the staff |
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| a horizontal line joining 8th, 16th or 32nd notes |
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| a mj scale in which the 3rd, 7th and sometimes 5th degrees are lowered |
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| two chords of implied harmonies that end a phrase of music, creating a place of rest |
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| a style of written music for four distince voices (SATB) |
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| a combination of notes played together |
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| a semitone consisting of two notes with the same letter name (i.e., G and G#) |
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| a diagram that shows how keys are related by perfect fifths |
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| a marking which determines the note values on a staff |
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| time signatures which indicate two beats in each measure, where each beat is divisible by 3 (6/4; 6/8; 8/16) |
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| time signatures which indicate fout beats in a measure, where each beat is divisible by 3 (12/4; 12/8; 12/16) |
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| time signatures in which each beat is divible by 3 |
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| time signatures with three teats per measure with each beat divisible by three (9/4; 9/8; 9/16) |
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| a semitone which consists of two different letter names (i.e., G-A flat) |
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| an interval which is one chromatic semitone smaller than the equivalent minor or perfect interval |
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| lowers the pitch by a whole tone |
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| raises the pitch by a whole tone |
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| double whole note (breve ||o||) |
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| in 4/2 time, a note that equals four beats |
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| double whole rest (brev rest) |
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| in 4/2 time a rest that equals four beats |
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| in compound time, a group of two notes that are played in time of three notes of the same value |
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| two different letter notes with the same pitch |
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| a note which is an interval of a 5th above the root |
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| a chord which is comprised of the 3rd, 5th and root |
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| a small curved line attached to the stem of a note which denotes its time value |
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| lowers the pitch by a semitone |
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| the combination of treble and bass staves |
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| the distance between two notes played simultaneous |
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| a scale with the leading note of a natural minor scale raised a semitone. Semitones between 2/3, 5/6 and 7/8) |
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| distance between two notes |
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| the specific scale in which a piece is played |
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| the collections of accidentals after the clef which indicate the key of a piece |
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| lines above or below the staff indicating note values |
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| the interval of a 2nd, 3rd, 6th or 7th above the tonic of a major scale |
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| tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone |
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| a chord comprised of the root, major 3rd and perfect 5th above the root |
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| the interval between two notes played separately |
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| a scale formed by raising the 6th and 7th of a nat min scale ascending and lowering them on the descending. (Semitones between 2/3, 7/8 ascending and 2/3 and 5/6 descending) |
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| a minor scale with particular intervals depending upon the nature of the minor scale |
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| a 3-note chord comprised of the root, 3mn and 5per above the root) |
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| a semitone below a major 2nd, 3rd, 6th or 7th |
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| returns the note value to the original value |
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| a written symbol to indicate a sound in music |
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| an eight-note scale in which tones and semitones alter |
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| a chord progression that consistes of dominant triad moving to a tonic triad (V-I) |
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| an interval of unison, 4th, 5th or 8th above the tonic in a major scale |
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| a chord progression that consists of a subdominant triad moving to a tonic triad |
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| in compound time, a group of four notes that are played in time of three notes of the same value |
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| major and minor keys that use the same key signature |
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| a symbol to indicate a silence in music |
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| the fundamental note of a triad or chord |
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| a chord with the root as the lowest position |
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| a series of notes with a specific pattern of tones and semitones |
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| a three-tone chord where the 5th is the lowest note |
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| the distance between two adjacent keys on a keyboard (a half step) |
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| a group of seven notes which are played in time of four or six notes of the same value |
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| a symbol which raises a given note by a semitone |
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| a score for four voices (SATB) written on two staves |
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| time signatures that indicate two beats per measure where each beat is divisible by 2 (i.e., 2/2, 2/4, 2/8) |
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| time signatures that indicate four beats per measure where each beat is divisible by 2 (i.e., 4/2, 4/4, 4/8) |
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| time signatures in which beat beat is divisible by w |
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| time signatures which indicate three beats per measure, in which each beat is divisible by 2 (i.e., 3/2, 3/4, 3/8) |
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| five horizontal lines with four spaces on which notes are written |
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| a shit of accent from a strong beat to a weak beat |
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| a chord, the note of which is the third above the root |
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| a curved line joining two notes of same pitch, the duration of playing of which is the sum of both values |
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| two numbers, over each other, at the beginning of a score which indicate the number of beats per measure (upper) and which note value gets the beat (lower) |
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| the first note of a scale |
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| a major scale which has the same tonic as a given minor scale |
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| a minor scale which has the same tonic as a given major scale |
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| the re-writing of a score in which the relative intervals between notes is fixed while the key signature changes |
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| the symbol written at the beginning of a score indicating that the second line of the staff is G |
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| three notes which are played in the time of two notes of the same value |
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