Music 1-4 Flashcards

(52 cards)

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Rhythm

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actual arrangement of durations in a particular melody

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Beat

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Steady and constant (spaces between sounds doesn’t vary)

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Meter

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A simple, regular, recurring pattern of strong and weak beats

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Compound Meter

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Meter in which main beats are subdivided into three

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Syncopation

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Accenting in between beats (emphasis on weak beats)

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Tempo

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Speed of Music

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Largo

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Very Slow (40-60)

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Adagio

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Slow (60-70)

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Adante

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Walking Pace (70-90)

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Frequency

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The rate at which vibration occurs

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Hz

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Vibrations

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Pitch

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How “high” or “low” a sound is

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Soprano

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High

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14
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Alto

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Medium High

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Tenor

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Medium Low

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Bass

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Low

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Dynamics

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the volume of sound, loudness or softness in music

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Pianissimo

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Very soft (pp)

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19
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Piano

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Soft (p)

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20
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Mezzo Piano

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Medium Soft (mp)

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Mezzo Forte

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Medium Loud (mf)

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Forte

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Fortissimo

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Very Loud (ff)

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Tone Color

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The quality of a particular instrument, voice, or combination of instrument and voices

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Fundamental Pitch
The base sound
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Overtones
Fractions of the pitch above the fundamental
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4 main instrument categories in orchestra
Strings, woodwinds, bass, percussion
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Percussion
"Instruments you hit"
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Give one example of each strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion
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Pitch
Notes/Highs and Lows of music
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Step
Moving from one adjacent note to the next
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Intervals
Distance between any two notes
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Octave
8 Notes apart
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Half Step
Smallest interval in diatonic scale
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Flat
Lowers note by half step
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Sharp
Raises note by half step
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Whole Step
most common interval in diatonic scale
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Scales
Series of pitches used to construct music
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Diatonic Scale
Contains 7 pitches, whole/half steps mixed
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Chromatic Scale
Consists 12 pitches, all half steps
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Pentatonic Scale
An abbreviated 5 note scale
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Whole Tone Scale
6 different pitches, all whole steps
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Melody
Main line of music, organized series of pitches
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Tune
Simple, singable melody that is coherent and complete
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Phrases
A section of melody or tune
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Sequence
Duplication of a phrase at two or more different pitch levels
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Climax
High Point
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Cadence
Pausing places
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Motive
Distinctive fragment of melody
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Theme
The basic subject matter of long pieces of music
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Harmony
more than one line of music sounding at the same time
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