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music

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interval   The distance between any two pitches of a melody.  
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conjunct   Melodies that move principally by small intervals in a joined, connected manner  
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climax   the high point in a melodic line  
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phrase   is a unit of meaning within a larger structure  
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cadence   The phrase ends in a resting place  
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meters   organizing patterns of rhythmic pulses  
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Simple meters   Meters in which the beat has duple subdivisions  
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Compound meters   the beat is divided into three  
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melody   the line, or tune, in music.  
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beat cycle    
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pulse    
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syncopation   a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents. Instead of falling on the strong beat of the measure, the accent is shifted to a weak beat or to an offbeat (in between the stronger beats  
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downbeat   In music, the fi rst accented beat of each pattern is known as  
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duple meter   The most basic pattern, known as duple meter, alternates a strong downbeat with a weak beat: ONE- two, ONE- two, or, in marching, LEFT- right, LEFT- right.  
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chord   is the simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches or tones; chords are built from a particular scale, or sequence of pitches.  
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triad   which has three notes built on alternate pitches of a scale. The most common chord in Western music, a particular combination of three tones  
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tonic   is the central tone around which a melody and its harmonies are built; this principle of organization is called tonality  
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major scale   7 notes in it, music sounds very happy  
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minor scale   very sad, dark  
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diatonic   Music in a major or minor key focuses on the seven tones of the respective scale  
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chromatic   every single note not diatonic  
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modulation   Composers begin by establishing the home key, then change to a related key, perhaps the dominant, through a process known as modulation  
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octave   an interval of eight tones  
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atonality (non-diatomic)   no central tone  
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sequence vs imitation   Or the idea may be restated at a higher or lower pitch level; this restatement is known as a sequence.  
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strophic form   common in songs, features repeated music for each stanza of text.  
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motive   A motive is the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic- rhythmic unit  
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variation   where some aspects of the music are altered but the original is still recognizable  
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tempo   is the rate of speed, or pace, of the music  
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dynamics   describe the volume, or how loud or soft the music is played; Italian terms for dynamics include forte (loud) and piano (soft).  
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A capella   Choral groups often feature a cappella singing, with no accompaniment.  
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ostinato   melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic— that is repeated throughout a work or a major section of a composition  
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crescendo   a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.  
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Chamber music   is ensemble music for small groups, with one player per part.  
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timbre   also known as tone color or tone quality from psychoacoustics, is the quality of a musical note, sound, or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production  
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