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HSC Musical Concepts

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show heading upwards  
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show heading downwards  
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show notes that are next to each other  
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leaps   show
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show a short series of notes that have the same pitch  
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range   show
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show the general area of pitch  
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arpeggio   show
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broken chord   show
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counter melody   show
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show decorating a melody  
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show rapidly playing a note and its neighbour  
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show moving between two pitches sounding all off the frequencies between  
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show short notes that decorate a single note  
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bend   show
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improvisation   show
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show two melodies that are heard after each other similar to question and answer  
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phrases   show
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sequence   show
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show an instrument copying parts of a previously heard melody  
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riff   show
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show pitch that can be found on the piano  
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show pitch that cant be found on the piano  
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octave   show
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show a long sustained pitch  
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consonant   show
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show harmony that clashes  
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major   show
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minor   show
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show a scale of 5 notes  
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blues scale   show
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chromatic   show
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diatonic   show
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atonal   show
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modulation   show
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show describing the frequency of chordal movement  
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show a chord pattern that is used in blues and early rock music  
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show a constantly repeating pitch  
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show a bass note followed by the sounding of two chords  
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power chord   show
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major 7th   show
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show a chord that adds the flattened 7th note  
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diminished   show
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parallel   show
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contrary   show
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show then one part stays the same and another moves  
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primary triads   show
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show a bass line that is based on an arpeggio of a dominant 7th chord  
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show the pulse of music  
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accent   show
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show beats 2 and 4  
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show accuentating between beats  
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show notes that are off the beat  
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adagio   show
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andante   show
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moderato   show
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show fast  
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vivace   show
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show Very Fast  
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accelerando   show
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show Gradually Slowing Down  
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pause   show
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show a flexible tempo using slight variations of speed to enhance musical expression  
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show a time signature that has beats divided into two  
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compound   show
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irregular   show
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show the number of beats in a bar  
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multimetre   show
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complex   show
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show quavers and semiquavers  
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long   show
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show a repeating musical patter  
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show An Upbeat or a pickup note(s); a term used for unstressed notes at the beginning of a phrase of music.  
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show long short pattern oftern used in jazz music  
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augmentation   show
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diminution   show
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show one rhyhtmic part in 2 while another rhythmic part plays in 3  
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show 3 notes in the time of 2  
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show 2 notes in the time of 3  
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show a one beat note  
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show a half beat note  
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show a three beat note  
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show a four beat note  
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legato   show
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staccato   show
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show the main instrumental layer  
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accompaniment   show
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tutti   show
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show the number of instruemnts playing  
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show a melody with chords  
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show having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together  
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show Consisting of a single unaccompanied MELODIC line.  
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show Two melodies that are almost identical  
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show all parts playing the same thing  
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show instruments playing the same thing as each other  
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show a structure of 2 contrasting sections  
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ternary   show
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show a part of a song that has the same tune but different words each time  
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chorus   show
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show a part of a song that has not been heard before and it has words  
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show a part of a song that has no voices (not at the start)  
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show the name for a final ending section of a piece of music  
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show soft  
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pianissimo   show
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mezzo piano   show
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forte   show
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mezzo forte   show
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show very loud  
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crescendo   show
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show gradually softer  
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show with the bow  
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show pluck the strings  
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show a drum rapidly repeating a note  
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falsetto   show
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a cappella   show
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show non-electric sound  
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show the way in which notes are to be played  
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show extraordinarily talented playing  
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show simple quadruple  
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3/4   show
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show compound quadruple  
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show compound triple  
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6/8   show
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2/4   show
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tenuto   show
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fermata   show
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show sweetly  
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marcato   show
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show a cross plased in front of a note  
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show the sharps or flats at the front of a song  
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slur   show
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glissando   show
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chord   show
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8va   show
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15ma   show
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tremolo   show
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