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1
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Melody

A

Most memorable, sing-hackable part of a song

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2
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Phrase

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Complete musical thought; part of song

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3
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Conjunct Motion

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Motion by steps, very close together

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4
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Disjunct Motion

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Motion by leaps

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5
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Dynamics

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Relative volume; can change suddenly and gradually

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6
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Major

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-do and -do; happy and bright sounds

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7
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Minor

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-la to -la; sad, frightful and dark sounds

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8
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Rhythm

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Different amounts of time passing in music

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9
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Beat

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Steadily, underlying

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10
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Harmony

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Something not in melody; adds more depth

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11
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Texture

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Depth; relationship between lines of music

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12
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Timbre

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Sound to a melody; doesn’t change pitch

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13
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Form

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Structure of musical work; composure of music

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14
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Frequency

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Number of repeated occurrences per unit of time

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15
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Cadence

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Pause, moment of rest in music

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16
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Meter

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Recurring patterns of beat

17
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Plainchant

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melodies sung by a single voice or choir in unison; used in churches

18
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Sacred Music

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Non-instrumental; sung in churches

19
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Secular Music

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Instrumental music

20
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Melismatic

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One syllable per pitch

21
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Syllabic

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Many syllables per pitch

22
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Hildegard von bingen

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Play of Virtues

23
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Francesco Landini

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Behold Spring

24
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Guillaume de Machaut

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I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady

25
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Alfonso el Sabio

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He Who Gladly Serves

26
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Humanism

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  1. Human interests and values

2. Science, philosophy, literature, art

27
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Josquin des Pres

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The Cricket

28
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Thomas Weelkes

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Since Robin Hood

29
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Motet

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Sacred choral music

30
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Madrigal

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Most important type of secular song. Musical setting of text in strophe

31
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Iambic Pentameter

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short-LONG, short-LONG, short-LONG, short-LONG

32
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Counterpoint

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One voice introduces melody and text, and is imitated by other voices in succession

33
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Imitation

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Counterpoint; imitating voices in succession

34
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William Byrd

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Sing Joyfully

35
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Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas

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My Lord Help Me to Pray

36
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Tielman Susato

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Moorish Dance

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