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1
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Rhythm

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flow of music through time

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beat

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repeating pulse

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meter

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grouping of beats

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accent

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tone played louder than tones near it

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syncopation

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emphasis on unexpected be or note

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tempo

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The speed of the beat

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Pitch

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highness or lowness of a sound

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Dynamics

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relative loudness of a sound

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Tone color

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Quality/adjective description of a sound

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accent

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emphasis placed on a beach/note

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crescendo

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ascending tones

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12
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string instruments

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sound produced by vibrating a tight cable

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woodwinds

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we’re wood and now metal and plastic

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brass

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orchestrate brasses brasses

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Percussion

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sound produced by striking shaking or rubbing instruments

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keyboard instruments

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use keyboard to control capable of several notes at once

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Harmony

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how cords are constructed and how they follow each other

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consonance

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stable and restful sounds

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dissonance

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unstable intense sounds

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repetition

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restating musical ideas

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contrast

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avoiding monotony with new ideas

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variation

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reworking ideas to keep them new

23
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Mozart

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grew up a child genius died at 35 famous for classical music symphonies/operas

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Beethoven

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most famous classical composer Symphony No. 9

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Stravinsky in the right of spring

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1913 about a pagan ritual very off and intense themes also with ballet

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duke Ellington

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piano band leader 1930s

27
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Miles Davis

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Jazz trumpet player 1950s

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Billie holiday

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Woman jazz singer lower voice

29
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Big band and swing music

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up-tempo jazz

30
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Elvis Presley

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grew up poor king of rock ‘n’ roll overdosed at 70

31
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The British invasion

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Time when mini British rock bands became popular in the Americas in 1950

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The Beatles

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most influential and best selling rock band of all time

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Woodstock music festival

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1969 in New York counterculture in hippies

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Counterculture

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baby boomers who rebelled against the conformist 50s culture hippies

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Progressive rock

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Music with Harkins back to classical music longer songs in more keyboard

36
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albums

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A collection of songs tied together released at once

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