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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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