Music Flashcards by Aimee Grierson | Brainscape

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Pulse/beat

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The heart beat of the music

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Pitch

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High or low

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Tempo

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Fast or slow

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Dynamics

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Loud or quiet

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Duration

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Long or short

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Articulation

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Smooth or detached

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Texture

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Thick or thin

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Tonality

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Major or minor

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Minor

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Sad sounding music

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Major

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Happy sounding music

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Solo

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One person playing

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Tutti

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Everyone playing at the same time

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Unison

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Everyone playing the same tune

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Melody

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The tune

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Accompaniment

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The backing to the tune

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Ostinato

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A repeated pattern

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Staccato

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Detached

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Legato

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Smooth

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Rhythm

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Combination of different durations

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Syncopation

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Offbeat rhythm

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Pianissimo (pp)

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Very soft

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Piano (p)

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Soft

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Mezzo piano (np)

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Moderately soft

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Mezzo forte (mf)

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Moderately loud

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Forte (f)

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Loud

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Fortissimo (ff)

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Very loud

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Crescendo

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Gradually getting louder

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Diminuendo

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Gradually getting softer

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Allegro

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Fast

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Moderato

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At a moderate pace

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Andante

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At a walking pace

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Adagio

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Slow

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Accelerando

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Gradually getting faster

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Rallentando

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Gradually getting slower

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Octave

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Distance of 8 notes (between c to c)

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Natural

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Cancels the note a semitone

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Flat (b)

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Lowers the note a semitone

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Sharp (#)

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Raises the note a semitone (black note to right)

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Chromatic scale

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Scale using all semitones/both black and white notes

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Tone

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2 semitones/closest distance with 1 both in between

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Semitone

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Closest distance between 2 notes