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composition that conveys a particular image or sensation without trying to depict a programmatic storyline

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character piece

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a Japanese value that seeks to reproduce the sounds of nature by musical means

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sawari

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a small keyboard instrument with metal bars that are struck by felt hammers operated by a piano-like keyboard

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celesta

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a short piece for an orchestra

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overture

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a Latin word pertaining to the animal life within a particular environment

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fauna

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adjective for something that is intended for religious practices

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sacred

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scale pattern containing half-steps between scale degrees 2 and 3 and scale degrees 6 and 7

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Dorian mode

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a recording or performance of a piece by someone other than the first person to perform the work

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cover

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a Latin word pertaining to the plant life within a particular environment

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flora

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type of singing in which multiple notes in a melody correspond to a single syllable of poetry

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melismatic text-setting

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a scientist who studies birds

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ornithologist

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a four-note dissonant harmony that initially consisted of the pitches F, B, D♯, and G♯

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Tristan chord

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the process of taking separate recordings and assembling them to play simultaneously

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multi-tracking/over-dubbing

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lengthened note values of a melody heard earlier in a piece

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augmentation

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time period in Western music spanning roughly from the 6th century through the 14th

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medieval era/Middle Ages

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section during a solo concerto in which the unaccompanied soloist performs virtuosic (and sometimes improvised) material while the orchestra stops playing

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cadenza

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medieval polyphonic genre in which two or more voices sing in harmony and then trade parts

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rondellus

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a melodic idea representing a particular person, object, or idea

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leitmotif

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1) a description of the events or ideas portrayed by a programmatic composition; 2) a printed listing of the repertory to be performed during a concert or recital

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program

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instrumental music that conveys a sense of a specific storyline but without the use of lyrics

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programmatic

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a hollow gourd with notches on one side that produces a raspy sound when the notches are scraped with a stick

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guiro

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a nickname for the “B” phrase of a 32-bar form (A-A-B-A)

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bridge

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a piece designed to feature three performers

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trio

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1) technique in which a single melody is performed by multiple musicians, but at staggered, overlapping intervals of time ; 2) a body of works that have achieved long-standing admiration or popularity

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canon

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small disks of brass that produce extremely resonant bell-like sounds when struck
antique cymbals/crotales
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a group of five notes that occupy the same duration of time that four notes of the same value would normally require
quintuplet
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sensation of temporarily shifting from an established duple meter to the feeling of triple meter, or vice versa
hemiola
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a synonym for “coda,” frequently used in popular music
outro
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a melody in which successive pitches rise or fall primarily in large intervals
disjunct
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a piece often intended to mourn for someone who has died
elegy
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a single-line (monophonic) melody with religious text
chant
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a transitional section added to many verse-chorus (verse-refrain) forms; it occurs after the verse and before the chorus
pre-chorus
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a chord whose individual pitches are played in an upward or downward succession rather than simultaneously
arpeggio
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an evolving style label that, by the late 1950s, referred to Black music with energetic and hard-swinging rhythms that made it suitable for dancing
rhythm and blues (R&B)
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an instrument with (usually) six strings and frets, played with a bow
bass viol/viola da gamba
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a technique of inserting a fist within the flared bell of a French horn in order to create a nasal, “buzzy” timbre
stopped horn
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a heavily percussive electronic musical style designed for dancing at nightclubs, festivals, etc.
electronic dance music (EDM)
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a genre originating in the Baroque era that resembles a play, but which requires characters to sing their roles
opera
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a rapid, sweeping glide up or down through the pitches of an instrument
glissando
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to release a recording
drop
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a type of electronic music meant for home listening rather than dancing
intelligent dance music (IDM)
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an adjective to describe technically challenging music
virtuosic
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ability to identify pitches by name without using any instrumental aid as a reference
absolute pitch (perfect pitch)
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an acoustic piano which has had objects inserted between its strings to alter its tone color
prepared piano
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a type of singing in which each syllable of poetry is paired with a single note
syllabic text-setting
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an indication to play a note loudly and with a sharp accent at the start
sforzando
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an instrument with (usually) six strings and frets, played with a bow; bass viol is now a synonym
viola da gamba
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nickname for western European music that emphasized expressivity, encompassing the majority of the 19th century
Romantic era
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the practice of borrowing pre-existing music and embedding it in some way within a new composition
sampling
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a sustained low pitch
pedal tone
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a compositional technique in which a composer tries to illustrate the literal meaning of a particular word or phrase with musical elements
word-painting
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an instruction to play a piece “delicately”
delicato
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style of rock with songs that feature multiple sections
progressive rock/symphonic rock
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a scale pattern containing half-steps between scale degrees 3 and 4 and between 6 and 7
Mixolydian mode
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the period of western European music history spanning the 17th century and the first third of the 18th
Baroque era
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artificially created or enhanced sounds
fx
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a single-headed drum used in Irish folk music
bodhran
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a short note played as an embellishment just before a longer pitch
grace note
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an “extended play” recording with multiple tracks, but not as many as would appear on a full album
EP
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adjective for something "worldly", and meaning non-religious
secular
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a medieval genre consisting of imitative polyphony in which all voices enter one at a time (in the manner of a round/canon)
rota
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an orchestral genre originating in the Classic period, comprised (customarily) of three or four contrasting movements
symphony
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an early electronic keyboard instrument (manufactured between 1964 and 1986) that sampled pre-recorded analogue sounds
Mellotron
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An altered mediant or submediant triad, created by either changing its mode or building it on a chromatic note near the usual scale degree
chromatic mediant
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a soloist or small group presents a short motif that is answered (with similar or contrasting material) by another musician or a larger group
call-and-response
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for the period of western European music history spanning the last two-thirds of the 18th century and into the early 19th century
Classic era
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a rapid repetition of a pitch or an oscillation between two pitches that creates a “trembling” effect
tremolo
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a term for a piece of music without clearly repeated sections
through-composed
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a repeated or additional performance of music in response to audience demand
encore
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vocal genre that employs exact imitative polyphony (each successive voice sings the same melody that the initial vocalist sang); also called canon
round
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a symbol indicating that a note (or silence) should be sustained longer than its notated value
fermata
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19th century ballroom couple’s dance in a moderate tempo and triple meter
waltz
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a school that focuses solely on training in a particular discipline in the arts
conservatory
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field of biology that examines the relationships between organisms and their physical environment
ecology
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instrumental genre that juxtaposes an orchestra against (most often) a soloist, or possibly a small group of soloists
concerto
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technique of sustaining a drum’s sound by playing it with rapidly alternating beaters or drumsticks
drum roll
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a melody in which successive pitches rise or fall primarily in small, stepwise intervals
conjunct
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a slight wavering or oscillating sound added in performance; adds intensity to a note
vibrato
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the period of western European music history spanning the 15th and 16th centuries
Renaissance era
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a handwritten document
manuscript
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technique used on string instruments in which the player bows (or plucks) two strings simultaneously to produce an interval
double-stop
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a device that quiets or muffles an instrument’s sound in some way
mute

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