Elements Of Music Flashcards
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- Pitch
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How high or low low the sound is
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- Dynamics
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How loud or soft the music is
2
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- Rhythm
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A pattern of long or short sounds or silence
3
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- Texture
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Layers of sound
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- Melody
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The tune
5
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- Timbre
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Special sound of each instrument or voice
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- Form
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Refers to the order in which things occur
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- Beat
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The pulse found in music
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11.pentatonic
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A scale consisting of 5 tones
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12anacrusis/pickup/upbeat
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A note or notes that occur before the first complete measure
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- Tie
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A symbol that joins two notes of the same pitch to make the sound longer
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- S A T B
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Stands for the four basic voice parts;soprano , alto , tenor , and bass
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- Overtone
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The notes in harmonic series that are above the fundamental
13
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- Barbershop
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A 4-part singing style made popular in America in the beginning of the 20th century
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- A Capella
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Sung without accompaniment
