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What is an interval?

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The distance between two notes

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What is conjunct movement?

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When notes in a melody move sptepwise

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What is disjunct movement?

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When notes notes in a melody leap around

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What is chromatic movement?

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When the notes in a melody move up or down by semi-tones

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What is an arpeggio?

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When the 1st , 3rd and 5th notes are played in that order

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What is a broken chord?

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When the 1st , 3rd, 5th notes are played in that order then it goes down by to the one below and goes up again

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What is alberti bass?

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When the 1st, 5th, 3rd and 5th notes are played in that order

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What is a scale?

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A set of notes ordered in order of pitch

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What is the D major scale up and down?

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D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D, C#, B, A, G, F#, E, D

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What is the D minor scale up and down?

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D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C, D, C, Bb, A, G, F, E, D

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What is the D minor harmonic scale up and down?

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D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C#, D, C#, Bb, A, G, F, E, D

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What is the D minor melodic scale up and down?

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D, E, F, G, A, B, C#, D, C, Bb, A, G, F, E, D

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What is a key signature?

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A set of sharps and flats that are put into the piece at the start

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What are the keys from 4 flats to 4 sharps?

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Ab, Eb, Bb, F, C, G, D, A, E

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What are the relative minors from 4 flats to sharps?

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F, C, G, D ,A, E, B, F#, C#

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What is a cadence?

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Two notes at certain degrees of the scale that end a musical phrase

17
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What are the 4 types of cadence and what notes are they?

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Perfect - V - I
Plagal - IV - I
Imperfect - Anything - V
Interrupted - V - vi

18
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What is imitation?

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When one instrument plays a melody just after another instrument has played

19
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What is a trill?

A

When two adjacent notes are played together really quickly

20
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What is a sequence?

A

When a rhythm is played again but one note higher or lower than it was

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