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Accent

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A stress on a particular beat, note, or chord

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Allegro

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A fast tempo faster then alegretto

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Andante

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a moderately slow tempo literally a walking pace

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Arpeggio

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A “broken Chord” in which the tones are played one after another in a rapid succession rather then simultaneously

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Beat

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Regularly occurring pulsations that create the basic units of musical time

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crescendo

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music a gradual increase in loudness

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decrescendo

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gradually softer

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diminuendo

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gradually softer

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Dynamics

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relitive degrees in of loudness and softness

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Fermata

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a notational symbol indicating that a note is to be sounded longer then its normal time value, the exact length being left to the discretion the performer

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forte

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a loud dynamic level

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fortissimo

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a very loud dynamic level

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Grave

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a slow and solemn tempo

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largo

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A very slow and broad tempo

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Legato

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linked tied indicating a smooth, even style of performance with each note connected to the next

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lento

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a slow tempo

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measures

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units of time organizations consisting of a fixed number of beats. Measures are separated from one another by vertical bar lines on the staff.

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meter

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the organization of rhythmic pulses or beats into a equal, recurring groups.

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mezzo piano

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a moderately soft dynamic level

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minor scale

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scale having a pattern of whole and half steps, with the half steps falling between the second, and third and between the sixth and seventh tones of the scale

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Moderato

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moderate tempo

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pianissimo

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a very soft dynamic level

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piano

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a soft dynamic level

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prestissimo

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a tempo that is as fast as possible

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presto
a very fast tempo
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rubato
Robbed A term indicating that a performer may treat the tempo with a certain amount of freedom, shortening the duration of some beats and correspondingly lengthening others
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Staccato
detached indicating a style performance in which each note is played in a short crisp manner
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Syncopation
a deliberate disturbance of the normal metrical pulse, produced by shifting the accent from a normally strong beat to a weak beat
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Tempo
the speed at which a piece of music moves
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timbre
the characteristic tone quality of of a musical sound as produced by a certain instrument or voice, or by a combination of instruments or voice
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Unison
two notes that are the same pitch, or two or more instruments or voices producing the same pitch at the same time
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vivace
A fast and vivacious tempo
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canon
A contrapuntal technique in which a melody in one part is strictly imitated by a voice or another voices
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Homophony
Music in which a single melody predominates, while the other voices or instruments provide harmonic accompaniment
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ternary
having three parts. In particular, referring to a three-part musical form with the parts represented by letters: ABA, musical form that consists of 3 sections ABA, in which the A's stay the same and the B contrasts with A
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Cadence
A point of rest at the end of the passage , section, or a complet work that gives the music a sense of convincing conclusion, also, a melodic or harmonic progression that gives the feeling of conclusion
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Chord progression-
A particularly distinctive series of harmonies, or chords
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Consonance
a quality of interval , chord or harmony that imparts a sense of stability, response or finality
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Dissonance
a quality of a interval , chord or harmony that gives a sense of tension and movement
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Downbeat
the first, and often stressed beat of a metric pattern of beats
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Harmony
a composite sound made up of two or more notes of different pitch and sound simultaneously
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Interval
the distance in pitch between any two tones
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Major scale
scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
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Melody
a basic musical element consisting of a series of pitchs of particular duration that sound one after another
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Note
a symbol used to notate a pitch and its duration, note its also it also used to identify a pitch or tone
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Octave
a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone.
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Phrase
a division of a composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period.
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Pitch
the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced.
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Pitch range
A value between 0 and 100. A pitch range of 0 produces a flat, monotone voice. A pitch range of 50 produces normal inflexion. Pitch ranges greater than 50 produce animated voices.
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Quadruple meter
4 quick beats
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Quintuple
5 quick beats
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Rhythm-
the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats.
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Septuple
Seven quick beats
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Sextuple meter
contains six rather quick beats to the measure.
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Staff
is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch—or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments.
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Theme-
a principal melodic subject in a musical composition.
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Tonic
The first degree of the scale; the keynote.
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Triad
A chord of three tones, especially one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third and its perfect, augmented, or diminished fifth.
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Triple meter
3 quick beats
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Upbeat
an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
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Binary form
a basic musical form having two closely related sections.
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Chromatic scale
a scale progressing entirely by semitones.
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Counterpoint
the art of combining melodies.
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Form
omething that gives or determines shape
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Imitation
a counterfeit; copy.
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Key
to regulate the key or pitch of.
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Key signature
of a piece of music is the sharps or flats listed after the clef
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Major scale-
scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
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Minor scale
a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
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Modulation
transition from one key to another.
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Monophony
a musical style employing a single melodic
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Polyphony-
- polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
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Repetition
something made by or resulting from repeating.
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Round
having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
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Texture-
the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the materials are used.
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Theme and variations
Is a musical form from resulting from the consistent application of variation techniques so that a musical theme is followed by a varying number of modified restatements each being a variation.
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Tonality
- the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system.
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Variation-
the transformation of a melody or theme with changes or elaborations in harmony, rhythm, and melody.
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Adagio
Very slow
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allegretto
a little lively, moderately fast

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