MUSC Flashcards

(55 cards)

1
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-tune
-linear sequence of notes
-single entity

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MELODY

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-organization of music in time
- heartbeat of music

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Rhythm

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3
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Highness and lowness of sound

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pitch

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4
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12 pitches in music

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C, C# or Db, D, D# or Eb, E, F, F# or Gb, G, G# or Ab, A, A# or Bb

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5
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-refers to how specific notes or passages are played or sung
- performance technique

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Articulation

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6
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Types of articulation in music
(STSPASF)

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Slur
Tie
Staccato
Portato
Accent
Sforzando
Fermata

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7
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Speed of a beat

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Tempo

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8
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Very Slowly and broad
(40-58 bpm)

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largo or lento

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9
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slow (60-76 bpm)

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Adagio

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10
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walking speed or moderately slow
(80-106BPM)

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Andante

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11
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Moderate pace
(108-118 bpm)

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Moderato

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12
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fast and cheerful
(120-168 bpm)

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allegro

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13
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Very fast
(170- 220 bpm)

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Presto

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14
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Lively

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Vivace

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15
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speeding up

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Accelerando

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16
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Slowing Down

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Rallentando

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17
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Immediately Slowing down

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ritenuto

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18
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thickness and thinness of sounds, melodies, rhythms in a piece

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Texture

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19
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one melodic line with no harmony or counterpoint

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Monophonic

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20
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One melodic but use chords, accompaniment, harmonies

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Homophonic

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21
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more than one independent melody is occuring at the same time

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Polyphonic

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22
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relationship between melody and harmony

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Tonality

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23
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raises or lowers a note by a semitone or a tone

24
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series of eightnotes that span an octave

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eight notes
Octave
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Major scale
TTSTTTS
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natural minor scale
TSTTSTT
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a family of scales that originated in early medieval church music
Mode
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Key of C
Ionic
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Key of D
Dorian
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Key of E
Phrygian
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Key of F
Lydian
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Key of G
Mixolydian
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Key of A
Aeolian
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Key of B
Locrian
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five notes
Pentatonic
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seven notes
Diatonic
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use all 12 notes in a scale
chromatic
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quality of the sound
Timre
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-loudness and softness -volume
Dynamics
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Stringed, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion
Instrumentation/orchestration
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very very soft
pianississimo
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very soft
Pianissimo
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soft
piank
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mezzo piano
medium soft
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mezz forte
medium loud
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forte
loud
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fortissimo
very loud
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very very loud
fortessissimo
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Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Sonata form
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there are two subjects, basically binary form
Exposition
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the music modules to foreign keys, new themes appear, and may not even be remotely related to exposition
Development
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the original themes from the exposition are repeated
Recapitulation
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two or more pitches are performed at the same time
Harmony
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five horizontal lines and four spaces
staff