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The category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter is a ___

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Genre

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A group of four notes (with the Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step Pattern) is a ___

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Tetrachord

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A popular genre, generally African-American that evolved as a popular, upbeat mix of jazz and blues

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Rhythm and Blues

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What is the nickname for Rhythm and Blues

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R&B

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This is also known as the period from 1910 to 1970 millions of African Americans tried to escape the racism and Jim Crow laws of the South by moving to northern cities

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The Great Migration

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Religious content songs with African musical elements

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Spirituals

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8
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forte

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loud

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9
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mezzo forte

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medium loud

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10
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piano

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soft

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mezzo piano

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medium/moderately soft

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Diminuendo/Decresendo

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Gradually getting softer

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Accelerando

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tempo gradually gets faster

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ritardando

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Tempo gradually gets slower

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15
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Transcription

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The process of notating musical performance

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16
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Notated or written, compositions for piano in four sections associated with scott joplin and his contemporaries

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classical ragtime

17
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informal competition among musicians intended to identify the greatest creativity and skill

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Cutting contest

18
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A genre of musical composition for the piano generally in duple meter and containing a highly syncopated treble lead over a rhythmically steady bass

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ragtime

19
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where did the blues start?

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the deep south (mainly Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi)

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what is the form/progression for most blues songs?

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12-bar blues (or) three chords based on the first (written as I), fourth (IV), and fifth (V) notes of an eight-note scale

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what is the famous american hymn that was derived from slaves in the middle passage?

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Amazing Grace

22
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what is the definition of form in music

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the structure of a musical composition or performance

23
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what musical scale did the Africans bring to the new world (united states) during the slave trade?

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pentatonic scales

24
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what the formula for the minor blues using the number system

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1 – ♭3 – 4 – ♭5 – 5 – ♭7

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what is timbre in music

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the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone

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