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chordophones

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a stringed instrument, lute, zither, harp, lyer

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soundscape

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a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment.

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soundmark

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where representing a melody that is graphically presented by notes.

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ethnomusicology

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the study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.

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fieldwork

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the gathering of unknown information.

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acoustics

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the properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.

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fundamental tone

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the tone which represents the fundamental frequency of a vibrating object such as a string or bell.

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harmonics/partials/overtones

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a sound wave that has a frequency that is an integer multiple of a fundamental tone, Tones that cannot be multiplied or divided by a whole number are known as inharmonic overtones, or partial tones.

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register

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a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument.

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organology

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the science that studies musical instruments including their classification and evolution throughout history.

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Sachs-Hornbostel system

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Divides all musical instruments into five categories: idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, aerophones, and electrophones.

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ideophones

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class of musical instruments in which a resonant solid material—such as wood, metal, or stone—vibrates to produce the initial sound. such as shakers.

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aerophones

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a wind instrument

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membranophones

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sound is made through a vibrating membrane, such as a drum.

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electrophones

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any instrument where electricity is involved.

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composition

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the act of conceiving a piece of music, the art of creating music, or the finished product.

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improvisation

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the extemporaneous composition or free performance of a musical passage

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katajjait

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involves two women standing face to face, producing guttural, animal-like repetitions until someone runs out of breath.

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duduk

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an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood.

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didjeridu

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didgeridoo is an Australian wind instrument, played with continuously vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing.

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Mbuti musical bow

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a simple string instrument used by a number of South African peoples

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sitar

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a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music.

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steel drums/pans

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a musical instrument originating from Trinidad and Tobago, made out of old oil drums.

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Bollywood

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Bollywood, a portmanteau of “Hollywood” and “Bombay” (the former name of Mumbai), refers to the Hindi-language sector of India’s movie-making industry, still based in Mumbai.

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ballad

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A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music

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gamelan ensemble

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the term for a traditional musical ensemble in Indonesia, typically refers to a percussion orchestra composed predominantly of tuned gongs of various types and metal-keyed instruments.

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fado

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“fate” a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal.

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timbre

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the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.

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intensity/dynamics

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how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be played.

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pitch

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the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

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range

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the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

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interval

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a difference in pitch between two sounds.

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scale

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any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or pitch.

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melody

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a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.

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conjunct/disjunct motion

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conjunct motion, which proceeds by step from one scale degree to the next (i.e., by the interval of a second) and disjunct motion, which proceeds by leap.

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ornaments

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musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody.

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phrase

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a substantial musical thought, which ends with a musical punctuation called a cadence.

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duration

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the length of time each note is played for.

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tempo

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the speed at which a piece of music should be played.

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pulse/beat

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a steady beat like a ticking clock or your heartbeat.

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meter

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refers to the regularly recurring patterns and accents such as bars and beats.

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measure

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refers to a single unit of time featuring a specific number of beats played at a particular tempo.

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simple vs compound

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two-part rhythms vs three-part rhythms.

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accent

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a marking on a musical score that indicates how the musician should play the note in the context of a larger phrase.

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syncopation

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the displacement of regular accents associated with given metrical patterns.

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irregular meter

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beats do not divide evenly into groups of two, three or four.

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free meter

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a type of musical anti-meter free from musical time and time signature. It is used when a piece of music has no discernible beat. Instead, the rhythm is intuitive and free-flowing.

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texture

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how the tempo, melodic, and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition.

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harmony

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the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

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monophony

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musical texture made up of a single unaccompanied melodic line.

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biphony

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a single melodic line is joined by another instrument or voice playing a drone

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homophony

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A musical texture consisting of one melody and an accompaniment that supports it.

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polyphony

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the simultaneous combination of two or more tones or melodic lines.

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heterophony

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a type of texture characterized by the simultaneous variation of a single melodic line.

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form

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refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.

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strophic form

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a form of music in which one verse, or passage, structure is repeated over and over.

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refrain

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the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry.

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