Intro Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Shifting from one key to another in the same piece of music

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Modulation

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20th century music changes of styles by gradually abandoning tonality

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Atonality

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3
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mostly unknown due to its lack of survival in noted form

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Ancient Civilizations Music

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4
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historically are continuous form one to the other

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Style

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5
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repetition, contrast, variation

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Form Techniques

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6
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can be achieved by structural organization of musical ideas, and elements in time

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Form

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7
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number, and type of layer of sound and how they relate to each other

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Texture

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a characteristic way of using melody , rhythm, tone color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form

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Style

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9
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produces a sense of finality that traditionally wound provide an end to a musical composition

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Cadence in Tonic Chord

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10
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relatedness to a central tone in music

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Tonality

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11
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a triad chord built on the fifth note /step of a scale

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Dominant Chord

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12
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accidentals (sharps and flats)signs immediately following the clef signet the beginning of the musical staff in a composition

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Key Signature

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13
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a resting place at the end of a musical phrase, section, or composition

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Cadence

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14
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series fo chords

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Progression

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15
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a way of construction chords and how they follow each other

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Harmony

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16
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Tonic

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first note/step of a scale

17
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momentary silence in a composition

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Musical Reset

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playing in a short detached manner

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a series of single tones which add up to a recognizable whole in a composition

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smooth, connected way of playing music a melody

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a sign in musical notation used to cancel a previous sharp or flat

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gradual slowing-down

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organization of beats into regular patterns/groups

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Musical Meter

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the rate of speed of the beat in the music

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placement of an accent in the music where it would not normally be expected
Syncopation
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played by means of process based on representing data in terms of measurable physical quantities
Synthesizer
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a process based on representing data in terms of measurable physical quantities
Analog Synthesis
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based on the imagination and organizing power of human mind
Quality of Music in the Electronic Studio
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generated by performer's lips
Vibrations in Brass Instruments
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Lowest Pitch Instrument in the Orchestra
Contrabassoon
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Thin piece of cane used singly or in pairs by woodwind instruments
Reed
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Rapid repeating notes by quick up-and-down bow strokes performed on a string instrument
Tremolo
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Tone color in music
Timbre
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Makes the sound/tone warmer and more expressive
Vibrato in String Instruments
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Performer emphasizing a tone by playing it louder than the other ones around it
Dynamic Accent in Music
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Measured in cycles per second
Frequency of Pitch Vibrations
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Has a definite pitch/frequency
Tone
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Pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration
Musical Sound