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Quiz I Flashcards

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Pitch

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The number of times per second that on instrument is vibrating or the relative highness or lowness of a musical note. From A to G

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Tone color/Timbre

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The unique sound of a particular instrument caused by the harmonics 

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Harmonics/Overtones

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Vibrations of an instrument that occur over a fraction of its length

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Frequency

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The speed at which a pitch oscillates, measured in cycles per second (hertz)

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Dynamics

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The loudness or softness of a specific portion of music

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Crescendo

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To gradually get louder

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Decrescendo

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To gradually get softer

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Duration

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The length of a sound, measured in beats

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Rhythm

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The organization of musical beats

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Beat

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The underlying pulse of music

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Accent

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A beat that is stressed

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12
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Syncopation

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An accented beat that is not normally accented

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Meter

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The specific way beats are grouped
i.e. By two’s, three’s, four’s, etc

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Tempo

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The speed at which music is played, measured in beats per minute

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Metronome

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A device that produces an audible beat to help musicians keep a steady tempo

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Interval

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The distance between two notes

17
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Half step

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The smallest distance between two notes: on a keyboard, the very next key above or below a given note

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Scale

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A collection of fixed pitches; the major and minor scales have seven different pitches

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Melody

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A series of notes characterized by a vocal, singable quality, moving most often by steps, with few large intervals between notes

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Piano (p)

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Soft

21
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Forte (f)

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Loud

22
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Mezzo (m)

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Moderately

23
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Pianissimo (pp)

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Very soft

24
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Mezzo piano (mp)

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Moderately soft

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Mezzo forte (mf)

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Moderately loud

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Fortissimo (ff)

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Very loud

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