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1
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First note in a scale

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Tonic

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Second note in a scale

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Supertonic

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Third note in a scale

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Mediant

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Fourth note in a scale

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Subdominant

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Fifth note in a scale

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Dominant

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Sixth note in a scale

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Submediant

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Seventh note in a scale

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Leading Tone

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Sharp

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Raises the pitch by one half step

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Flat

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Lowers the pitch by one half step

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natural

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cancels out an accidental

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Texture

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A term describing how melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials are woven together in a piece of music

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Monophonic

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A single melodic idea that can be doubled in various ways

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Homophonic

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A single clearly defined melody with chordal accompaniment

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Polyphonic

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A musical texture consisting of more than one melodic line

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Chord

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A combination of three or more pitches sounding at the same time

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Triad

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A chord with three notes that are stacked in thirds

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Cadence

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A point of rest in music

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Compound division

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Division of the beat into three equal parts

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Simple division

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Division of the beat into two or four equal parts

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Modulation

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A shift in tonal center within a movement or small musical work

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Adagio

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slow

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Allegro

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Quickly and cheerfully (fast)

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Largo

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Very slow

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Andante

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Moving along (walking tempo)

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Moderato

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Moderately

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Vivace

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Lively and fast

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Ritardando

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Gradually slower

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Accelerando

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Gradually faster

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Tempo

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A term that refers to the rate at which beats occur in music

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Legato

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Smooth and connected

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Staccato

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Short and detached

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Tenuto

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Hold a note for it’s full value

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Fermata

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Hold a note longer than it’s value

34
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Sfzorando

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Sudden strong accent

35
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Accent

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Louder with emphasis

36
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-issismo

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Very

37
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pp

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very soft

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piano

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soft

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mezzo-

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somewhat

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mp

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somewhat soft

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mf

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somewhat loud

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forte

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loud

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ff

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very loud

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Crescendo

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gradually louder

45
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diminuendo

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gradually softer

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D.C (Da Capo)

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repeat from the beginning

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D.S. (Dal Segno)

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Repeat from the sign

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Fine

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End / done

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Coda

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Alternate ending / a separate section that ends a piece of music

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