Vocab

Question 1

Accidental

Answer 1

A symbol that raises or lowers a pitch by a half or whole step

Question 2

Atonal

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Music that avoids reference to tonal center or center

Question 3

Beat

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The basic pulse of a musical passage

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Cadence

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The harmonic goal: specifically, a harmonic progression that provides complete or partial resolution of a larger passage

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Counterpoint

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The combining of relatively independent musical lines

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Diatonic Chords

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Chords made up of only notes from a scale on which the passage is based

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Dot

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A symbol that adds half the duration value of the note, rest, or dot that precedes it

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Dotted Bar Line

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Symbol used to show how long measures subdivided into shorter segments

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Elision

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A procedure by which the last note of one phrase also serves as the first note of the next phrase

Question 10

Enharmonic

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Notes that have the same pitch but are spelled differently. Keys can also be enharmonics

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Focal Point

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The highest note of a melody

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Form

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The way a composition is structured to create a meaningful musical experience

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Grand Staff

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A combination of two staves joined by a brace

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Imitation

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A repetition of a pattern that occurs between two or more voices

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Interval

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The measurement of the distance in pitch between two notes

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Key

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The scale used in a piece (identified by the scale’s first scale degree)

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Key Signature

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A pattern of sharps or flats corresponding to a key, indicating which notes are to be consistently raised or lowered

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Meter

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The pattern or strong or weak beats that underlies the rhythmic activity of a musical passage

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Ostinato

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A musical pattern that is repeated many times in succession

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Phrase

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A relatively independent musical idea terminated by a cadence

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Polychord

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Consists of two or more chords sounded simultaneously

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Prepared Piano

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A piano that has had various objects and materials placed on or between its strings in order to change the instrument’s timbre

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Reduced Score

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A score notated at concert pitch, on as few staves as possible

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Relative Keys

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Major and minor keys that share the same key signature

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Score Order

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The typical order in which instruments are listed in a full score order

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Sequence

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A pattern that is repeated immediately in the same voice but begins on a different pitch

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Tempo

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The rate at which the beat occurs

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Transpose

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To write or play music in a key other than the original

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Unison

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The interval formed between pitches with the same note name in the same octave register

Question 30

Voicing

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The distribution or spacing of the notes in a chord