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Concepts Flashcards

1
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A minor

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All G’s are G# and have accidentals

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A tempo

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Music returns to the main tempo after a change

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3
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Accent

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Notes which sound louder than others

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4
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Alberti Bass

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Broken chords played on piano by left hand. It plays the pattern low high middle high

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5
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Aria

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A solo song sung in the opera

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6
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Bassoon

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Lowest woodwind instrument

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7
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Bodhran

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Wooden drum played with a beater

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8
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Bothy Ballad

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Sung solo in a dialect by a man or group of men. About farming life

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9
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Brass Band

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Band of brass and percussion intruments

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10
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Arpeggio/Broken Chords

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The notes of a chord played separately

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11
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C Major

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No sharps or flats

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12
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Cadenza

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Soloist displays musical ability, orchestra stops and soloist shows off

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13
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Canon

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Like a round

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14
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Chromotisism

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All semitones

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15
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Classical

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Lighter and cleaner texture than Baroque

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16
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Cluster

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A chord made up of clashing notes

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17
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Coda

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Passage at the end of a piece of music which rounds off the song effectively

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18
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Con sordino

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Muted

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19
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Concerto

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Work for solo intrument and orchestra

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20
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Contrapuntal

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Polyphonic but baroque

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21
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Contrary Motion

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Two parts move in opposite directions
One part ascends, other descends

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22
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Countermelody

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Melody played against main melody

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23
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Cross rhythms

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Contrasting rhythms played at the same time

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24
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Descant

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A melody that is sung above the main meoldy

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25
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Discord

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Clashing notes

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26
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Distortion

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Electronic effect used in rock music to colour the sound of an electric guitar

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27
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Dotted rhythm

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A scotch snap

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28
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Drone

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One note held on low note on bagpipes

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29
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Drum Fill

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A rhythmic decoration played on a drum kit

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30
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F Major

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All B’s are flat

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31
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Flutter-tonguing

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Method of playing a woodwind or brass intrument where the player rolls their r

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32
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French Horn

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Uses keys to change pitch

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33
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G Major

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All F’s are sharp

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34
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Grace note

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Ornament which sounds like a crushed note played quickly on the beat

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35
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Ground bass

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A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the upper parts are varied

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36
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Hi-Hat Cymbals

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Two cymbals upside down that are opened and closed with a pedal

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37
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Homophonic

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Lasagna

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38
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Imitation

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Melody is copied in a another part

39
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Imperfect cadence

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Music doesnt sound finished

40
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Inverted pedal

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Repeated notes in the upper parts

41
Q

Jazz

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Includes improvisation and syncopation

42
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Jig

A

6/8
Fast

43
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Latin American

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Percussion intruments provide lively off-beat dance rhythms

44
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Leap

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Notes are not next to each other

45
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Legato

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Smooth

46
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March

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2/4 or 4/4
Walking pace
Strong beat

47
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Melismatic

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Singer sings more than one note over one syllable

48
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Middle 8

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Like a bridge in a song

49
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Minimalist

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Boring and simple

50
Q

Modulation

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Change of key

51
Q

Mouth Music

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Rhythmic songs used for dancing when intruments aren’t available

52
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Oboe

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Has a double reed

53
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Ornament

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Decorating a melody by adding short notes

54
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Ostinato

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A short repeated pattern

55
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Pedal

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Held note ir repeated notes in the bass beneath the changing upper melody

56
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Pentatonic scale

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5 note scale

57
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Perfect cadence

A

Song sounds finished

58
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Pibroch

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Solo bagpipes tune

59
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Pitch bend

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Change pitch of a note

60
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Polyphonic

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Spaghetti

61
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Ragtime

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Syncopated melody against a vamped piano. Lots of repitition

62
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Reel

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4/4
Fast
Lots of notes

63
Q

Reggae

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Strong accents
Syncopation

64
Q

Reverb

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Electronic effect gives the impression of different hall acoustics

65
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Riff

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Short repeated pattern

66
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Ritardando

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Getting a little bit slower

67
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Rolls

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Very fast repition of notes

68
Q

Romantic

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Very dramatic

69
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Rondo

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One section of music keeps coming back between sections
E.G. A B A C A D A

70
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Rubato

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Music speeds up or slows down

71
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Scotch Snap

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BBum Bum BBum Bum

72
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Scots Ballad

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Slow and tells a sad story

73
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Sforzando

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Sudden loud accent
sfz

74
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Sitar

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Plucked string intrument from India
Has a drone

75
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Stacatto

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Short and spikey

76
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Steel Band

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Contains steel drums

77
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Step

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Notes are next to each other

78
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Strathspey

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4/4
Medium
Features a Scotch Snap

79
Q

Strophic

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Each verse has the same melody

80
Q

Syllabic

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Singer sings one syllable per note

81
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Symphony

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Whole orchestra

82
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Tabla

A

Two indian drums

83
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Ternary

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Music split into 3 sections
E.G. A B A

84
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Theme and Variation

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Structure (theme) of music is heard then returns with different variations

85
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Timpani

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Large copper coloured drum
Pitches changed by hand

86
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Trombone

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Uses a slide to chabge pitch

87
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Trumpet

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Highest brass intrument

88
Q

Vamp

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Rhythmic accompaniment with a bass off the beat

89
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Walking bass

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Moving bass line with notes of the same value

90
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Waltz

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3/4
Slow

91
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Waulking song

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Gaelic call and response work song

92
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Whole-tone scale

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Every note is a tone
Sounds dreamy

93
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Wind band

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Woodwind, brass and percussion

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