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2017 Final Vocab Flashcards

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Note Heads

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If the pitch is below the middle line, the stem goes up. If the pitch is above the middle line, the stem goes down.

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Articulation

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(Envelope) It’s composed of the attack, the sustain, and release

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A symmetrical Meters

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Meters that have beats of uneven length. Anything that does not have even beats. For Example: 5/8 or 9/8

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Double Dot

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Extends to dotted note value, by half the length of the first dot.

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Subdivision

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The division of the beat into two or three equal parts.

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Natural

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Erases any sharp or flat

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Rhythm

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Series of varing durations of of sound and silence.

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Neutral / Percussion Clef

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No pitch, only duration and attack

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Grand Staff

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Connected treble and bass cleff staff

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Dynamics

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Amplitude (wave height) how shallow/deep the wave is

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Double Flat

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Lowers the pitch by two half steps

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Alto/Tenor Clef

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Designates middle C aka C4

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Cautionary Accidental

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In parenthesis is a reminder of the previous accidental or key signature

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Duple

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The beats per measure. If the to number is 2 or 6, its duple. (Time signature)

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Dot

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Extends the value of a single note, by half of it’s original value.

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Enharmonic

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The same pitch with two different names. For example (A# and Bb)

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Double sharp

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Reuses the pitch by two half steps

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Meter (Time signature)

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The organization of beats into regular groups of two, three, or four. Has the beat is sub divided

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19
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Syncopation

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Rhythmic displacement of the strong beat

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Tempo

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The speed of the beat

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Triple

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Three beats per measure. * If the top number is 3 or 9, it’s triple*

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Tripilet

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Dividing a regular duration into 3

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Quadruple

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Four beats per measure * If the top number is 4 or 12, it’s quadruple*

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Chromatic

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The smallest distance between pitches in a scale

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Anacrusis

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Pick a note. *The the last measure of the piece is incomplete, to balance out the pick up note.

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Hemiola

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A type of syncopation in triple meter, in which the beat is temporarily grouped into two instead of three.

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Duration (Value)

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The length of time, sound or silence occurs

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Bass Clef

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F Clef

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Pitch

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The frequency of the sound (Wave length) the distance between one wae and the next. Frequency is the vibration of times per second

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Flat

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Lowers the pitch by one half step

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Duplet

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When two notes divide a beat, instead of three

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32
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Sharp

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Raises the pitch by one half step

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33
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Timbre

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Tone color different sound of an instrument or voice

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34
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Beat

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A regular and recurring pulse that divides music into units of time

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35
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Tonic

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The first scale degree of a diatonic scale

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36
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Supertonic

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The second scale degree of a diatonic scale

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37
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Mediant

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The third scale degree of a diatonic scale

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38
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Submediant

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The sixth scale degree of a diatonic scale

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39
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Raised Submediant

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The sixth scale degree of a diatonic scale is raised

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Subtonic

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The scale degree below the tonic. (more specifically) the flattered seventh

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41
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Leading Tone

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The seventh tone or degree of a scale that is a half tone below the tonic

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42
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Modes

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A mode is a scale with a different pattern (set) of whole and half steps. (I don’t play loud music at lunch)

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43
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Ionian

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Major scale built on the first scale degree of a major scale

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44
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Dorian

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Built on the second degree of the major scale

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45
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Phrygian

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Built on the third degree of the major scale

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46
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Lydian

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Built on the fourth degree of the major scale

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47
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Mixolydian

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Particular octave species or scale

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48
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Aeolian

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A diatonic scale called the natural minor scale

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49
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Locrian

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The scale obtained by sharpening the second and third notes of the diatonic scale

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50
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Harmonic Minor

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The seventh note is raised one semitone both ascending and descending

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51
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Melodic Minor

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The sixth and seventh degrees are raised when ascending and lowered descending

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52
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Natural Minor

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The diatonic intervals being whole steps except those half steps between 2-3 and 5-6

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53
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Accidental

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A sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note

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54
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Blues scale

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A musical scale having intervals that mutate between major and minor

55
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Circle of fifths

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The relationship among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale

56
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Chromatic

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Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written

57
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Diatonic

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Involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration

58
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Key

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Group of pitches or scale that form the basis of a music composition

59
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Key Signature

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Is a set or sharp, flat, and rarely natural symbols placed together on the staff

60
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Major and Minor pentachord

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A series of five consecutive notes of a scale

61
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Major Tetrachord

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A series of 4 notes separated by three smaller intervals

62
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Major

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The larger third, gives it a happy tone

63
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Modality

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More ancient system of organized scales based on the displacement of the tonic note along a arrangement of seven natural tones

64
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Octatonic scale

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Any eight note diatonic scale

65
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Pentatonic

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Five notes per octave in contrast to a seven note scale

66
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Whole-tone scale

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A scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the next by a whole-tone step

67
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Relative key

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The major and minor scales that have the same key signatures

68
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Parallel Key

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Those tones that have the same tonic

69
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Scale variance

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The use of natural harmonic, and melodic minor within one composition

70
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Tonal

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Is in a major or minor key

71
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Tonality

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The arrangement of pitches or chords or a musical work

72
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Interval

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The distance of any two notes or pitches

73
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Octave

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The distance between the 1st and 8th scale degree

74
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Perfect

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Identifies the distance between the first note of a major scale and the unison, 4th, 5th, octave

75
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Major

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Interval including major 2,3,6,7 and diatonic scale

76
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Minor

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Are diatonic

77
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Consonance

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Set of intervals that sound good to the ear

78
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Dissonance

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Lack of harmony in musical notes

79
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Augmented

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Perfect or major interval raised by a half step

80
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Dimished

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Are narrower by one semitene than perfect or minor intervals of the same interval number

81
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Enharmonic

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Intervals with the same sound that are spelled differently

82
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Tri-Tone

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Is an augmented 4th or diminished 5th (The devils interval) - the simpsons

83
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Perfect fourth and fifth

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Fourth (the wedding march) fifth (abc)

84
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Inversion

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The lower tone of an interval becomes the higher tone 3rds and 6ths are opposites 2nd and 7ths opposites when invert an interval the mood switches

85
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Compound

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An interval greater than an octave

86
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Simple

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Any interval in a diatonic scale

87
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Melodic

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Two notes played in sequence (linear)

88
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Harmonic

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Two notes played at the same time (Vertical)

89
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Harmony

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The musical result of tones sounding together

90
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Chord

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A harmonic unit with at least three different tones sounding simultaneously

91
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Triad

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A three - tone chord

92
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Tertain

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Any piece, chord, conterpoint constructed from the intervals of (major and minor) 3rds

93
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Root

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Is the pitch from which a triad is generated

94
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Major triad

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Consists of a major third and a perfect fifth

95
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Minor triad

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Consists of a minor third and a perfect fifth

96
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Diminished triad

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Consists of a minor third and a diminished 5th

97
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Augmented Triad

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Consist of a major third and an augmented 5th

98
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Primary Triads

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Built on the tonic, subdominant and dominant. Tonic is in the center. The dominant is a perfect 5th above. The subdominant is a perfect 5th below

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Triad Position

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Any of the three notes of the triad can appear as the lowest-sounding pitch

100
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Root Position

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If the root of the triad is the lowest sounding pitch

101
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First inversion

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If the third factor is the lowest-sounding pitch

102
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Second Inversion

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If the fifth factor is the lowest-sounding pitch

103
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Organum

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Building chords off of a melody

104
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Figured bass

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Consists of a bass part (single line) with figures (mostly numbers) below to indicate the type of harmony

105
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Roman Numerals

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Are used to distinguish triads based on scale degrees

106
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Simple position

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When triads are reduced to three notes spaced as close together as possible

107
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Third inversion

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One 7th is in the boss choard

108
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Realization

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You put all the notes into the staff that belong to that chord

109
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Circle progression

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The solid slur is attached to adjacent letter symbols whose roots are either an ascending 4th or a descending 5th part

110
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Leading - Tone Progression

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The dotted slur is corrected to leading-tone chords whose roots resolve up a half step. The dotted slur indicates that we of a related chord as a substitute

111
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Rhythmic cadence

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Phrase endings that often contain characteristic rhythmic patterns

112
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Harmonic cadence

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A progression of at least two chords that concludes a phrase, section, on piece of music

113
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Unaccented passing tones

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Passes between two notes a third apart (in other words fills in the gap) on an unnaccented part of the bar so the dissonance is not very prominent

114
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Double neighboring tones

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Changing tones two changing tones resembling neighboring tones with a missing middle tone

115
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Accented nonharmonic tones

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Are the accented passing tone, neighbor tone, suspension, retandation, and appoggiatura

116
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Unaccented neighboring tone

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Approached by step if then return by step to original note

117
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Nonharmonic tones

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Are pitches that sound along with a chord but are not chord pitches

118
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Changing tones

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Consist of two successive nonharmonic tones

119
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Unaccented nonharmonic tones

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Are the unaccented passing tone neighboring tone, escaping tone, and anticipation

120
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Anticipation

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Occour only as unaccented nonharmonic tones

121
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Retardation

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Is a nonharmonic tone similar to a suspension, except that the resolution is upward instead of downward

122
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Neighbor group

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Changing tones or double neighbor tones. Two changing tones resembling neighboring tones with a missing tone

123
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Appoggiatura

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A nonharmonic tone that is apprached by a skip and resolved by a step in the opposite direction

124
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Suspension

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Only occurs and an accented nonharmonic tone. Resolution is downward

125
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Accented passing tone

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If a passing tone occurs with the second chord (instead in the middle of the chords)

126
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Accented neighboring tone

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Neighboring tone that occurs in the same chord

127
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Escape tone

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Occur only as unaccented nonharmonic tones

128
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Successive passing tones

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Two passing tones occasionally fill an interval of the fourth. Both passing tones can be accented or a combination of accented and unaccented

129
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Pedal Tone

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Is a held or repeated note, usually in the lowest voice

130
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Inverted pedal tone

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When a pedal tone occurs above other voices

131
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Imitation

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A literal repetition in the same voice or in multiple-voice compositions requested in another part. Different motives or voices that repeat each other

132
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Rhythmic Displacement

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Repeats the original melody but at a different place in the measure. Start on beat 3, you start on beat 4 and play it in its entirety a beat off

133
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Augmentation

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A term of rhythmic variation where the pitches remain the same but the rhythms are lengthened-note values are made longer

134
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Diminution

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The opposite of augmentation where the note values are shortened

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