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1
Q
  • one sound playing at a time
  • one melody without an accompaniment can be this
  • texture of early music
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Monophony/Monophonic

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the musical texture when a melody is accompanied by other parts

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Homophony/Homophonic

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  • the musical texture when 2 or more melodies are sounding at the same time
  • many independent sounds, lines, or parts
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Polyphony/Polyphonic

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4
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the duration of sounds and when they occur

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Rhythm

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collection of pitches in a recognizable form

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Melody

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  • notes that support the melody

* begins with 2 tones sounding at the same time

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Harmony

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7
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  • the wide variety of available musical tones from which composers and arrangers choose
  • part of musical sound which enables a listener to distinguish a certain instrument from other instruments even when pitch, loudness, and duration are the same
  • overtone series
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Color (Timbre)

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8
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  • how thick or thin music is
  • a passage of music within a work may be a simple unaccompanied melody or it may involve 2 or more melodies with the accompaniment of many parts (monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic)
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Texture

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9
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final result of a musical piece

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Form

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10
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the location of a tone in a musical scale and is usually considered highness and lowness of sound

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Pitch

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11
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the name given to the symbols that indicates the duration or time values of musical sounds

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Notes

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12
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one voice or instrument begins a melody, and, before or after it finishes, a second voice or instrument takes up the same melody

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round/imitation

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13
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rationally organized sound

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Music

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14
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  • smallest recognizable fragment of a melody

* doesn’t state a complete musical idea and may not end with a feeling of cadence

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Motive

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15
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at least 2 notes played at the same time

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chord

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16
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starting note of a scale

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key

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17
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symbols at the beginning of a scale to determine the key

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key signature

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18
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sense of reference to one note, like a gravitational pull of one note on all others in melody and harmony

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tonality

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19
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most easily comprehended unit of musical structure. it is often repeated, varied, and contrasted with others within the organization

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phrase

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20
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3 notes played at the same time

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triad

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21
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  • keys on the piano that have to same name but different frequencies from each other
  • series of 8 notes occupying the interval between (& including) two notes
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octave

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22
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foundation of musical rhythm

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beat

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23
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  • a melody that comes back

* a melody that serves as a basis for a longer work

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theme

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24
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  • when a tone receives an accent other than on a normal metrical accent, the tone is said to be _____.
  • off/on the beat
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syncopation

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25
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made up of a number of beats that occur in patterns of strong and weak (duple/triple)

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Meter

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26
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indicates one measure of the beat pattern

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time signature

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27
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aka as the F clef and is used for notes most often played by left hand of pianists, read by male vocalists, and low pitched instruments

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Bass Clef

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28
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aka the G clef and indicates notes to be most often played by right hand of pianists, read by female vocalists, and high pitched instruments

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treble clef

29
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when a work has been rewritten for another medium

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transcription/arrangement

30
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  • loudness or softness of music

* piano and forte

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dynamics/dynamic markings

31
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the speed of beats

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tempo

32
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harmonic intervals are smooth and pleasing to the ear

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consonant

33
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harmonic intervals that are rough, harsh, and not pleasing to the ear

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dissonant

34
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  • 1st beat of a major (bar)

* accented beat

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downbeat

35
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  • note before the downbeat

* unaccounted beat(s) before 1st beat of a measure

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upbeat

36
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range 2-9 performers, limited to only one performer per part

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chamber ensembles

37
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range in size from 3-6 players

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Jazz combo

38
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constructed from pitches in patterns of whole and half steps

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scales

39
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a scale built in half steps

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chromatic scale

40
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made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces

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staff

41
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short lines that extend a staff and are used for notes above and below the normal 5 lines of a staff

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ledger lines

42
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raises a tone one-half step

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sharp #

43
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lowers a tone one-half step

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flat

44
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restores a tone to its natural state by removing either a sharp or a flat

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natural

45
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distance between 2 pitches or distance from one note to another

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interval

46
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gradually getting louder

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crescendo

47
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gradually getting softer

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decrescendo

48
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  • a simple melody

* having correct musical pitch or being in correct key

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tune

49
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  • smallest interval in western music

* division of the octave into 12 semi-tones in equal intervals

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half-step

50
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precursor of scales

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mode

51
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the tone that we recognize as the pitch is called the _____.

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fundamental

52
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the softer tones that above the fundamental

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harmonics/overtone

53
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the name given to the original piano because the player could control dynamics from soft to loud, depending upon the amount of force applied to the keys

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piano-forte

54
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  • the most important form in music for the past 200 years

* 3 sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation

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sonata-allegro

55
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section of sonata-allegro that presents the listener with a primary theme (A), and one or more secondary or subordinate themes (B)

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exposition

56
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section of sonata-allegro that follows the exposition and where the composer has opportunity to play with the themes and motives introduced in the exposition

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development

57
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section of sonata-allegro that follows development and where the architecture of the exposition returns with a few changes.

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recapitulation

58
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concludes most sonata-allegros (tail)

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coda

59
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song form: two part plan AB

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binary

60
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song form: 3 part form ABA

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ternary

61
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song form: different verses sung to one melody A A A A

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strophic form

62
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song form: music is altered to fit text and story and may have few repeated sections

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through-composed

63
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song form: recurrence of a theme separated by several contrasting sections ABACABA

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rondo

64
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song form: process of repeating a previously heard phrase or section of music but with modification
A A’ A” A’’’ A’’’’

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theme and variation

65
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consists of beats in a repeating series

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pulse

66
Q

list the names of string instruments

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violin, viola, cello, double bass

67
Q

list the names of brass instruments

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trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba

68
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list the names of woodwind instruments

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flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, English horn, bassoon

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