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AB form   show
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show three-part form with repeated first section  
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show instrumental music having no intended association with a story, poem, idea, or scene  
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show choral music without instrumental accompaniment  
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show becoming faster  
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show emphasis of a note  
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show slow  
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show any instrument whose sound is generated by a vibrating column of air  
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show broken or arpeggiated chord where the notes are sounded lowest to highest and pattern is repeated  
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aleatoric music   show
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alto   show
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show first part of a period (question); followed by the consequent phrase (answer)  
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appoggiatura   show
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aria   show
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show Broken chord  
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show In music notation articulation marks include the slur, phrase mark, staccato, staccatissimo, accent, sforzando, rinforzando, and legato.  
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show Setting of a poem for voice and piano, common in Romantic period  
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show Absence of tonality or key  
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show Variation of a fugue subject where time values are lengthened  
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baritone   show
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bass   show
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show Baroque accompaniment made up of bass part, usually keyboard and low string  
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bebop   show
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bitonality   show
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blue note   show
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show Threè line stanza, using blues notes, and chord progression (1,1,1,1,4,4,1,1,5,4,1,1)  
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show Transition  
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show End of a phrase resting place (perfect authentic, imperfect authentic, half, plagal, deceptive)  
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show Unaccompanied section for virtuosic solo display near the end (usually in a concerto)  
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show One voice answered by another, either repetition or question and answer  
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show A Round  
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show Several movement piece, usually chorus, soloists, and orchestra  
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show Melody- usually gregorian chant, used as basis for polyphonic piece  
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chamber music   show
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show Aleatoric music, happening by chance  
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chorale   show
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show Combination of three or more pitches at once  
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chordophone   show
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chromatic scale   show
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show Scales using different whole and half step combinations  
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circle of fifths   show
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coda   show
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concerto   show
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show composition for several instrumental soloists and small orchestra (late Baroque)  
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show second part of a period (answer); preceded by the antecendent phrase (question)  
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show the combination of notes that are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies.  
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countermelody   show
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show technique of combining two or more melodic lines into a meaningful whole  
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countersubject   show
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crescendo   show
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show From the beginning  
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show Decrease in volume  
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development   show
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diminution   show
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dissonance   show
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show Triad built on fifth note of the scale - usually resolves to the tonic chord  
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downbeat   show
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show Long sustained tone  
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dynamics   show
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show Transitional section in a fugue between subjects, usually new material  
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etude   show
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show Use of melodies, rhythms, or instruments that suggest foreign lands  
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exposition   show
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show Musical style stressing intense emotion and dissonance (late romanticism)  
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fanfare   show
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show A free composition structured according to the composer's fancy.  
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fermata   show
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figured bass   show
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form   show
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fortspinnung   show
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show jazz style which departs from traditional jazz  
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show common opening in Baroque suites, oratorios, and operas: first section is slow with dotted rhythms and second section is lighter and quicker  
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fugue   show
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fusion   show
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gamelan   show
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show a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century. a piece of music accompanying or in the rhythm of a gavotte, composed in common time beginning on the third beat of the bar.  
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show rapid slide up or down a scale  
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show also known as harmonic tempo is the rate at which the chords change (or progress) in a musical composition, in relation to the rate of notes  
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hemiola   show
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heterophony   show
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homophony   show
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show single melody used in several movements of a long work to represent a recurring idea  
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show instrument played by hitting or shaking (no membrane)  
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show presentation of a melodic idea by one voice/instrument that is followed by another voice/instrument  
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impressionism   show
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show creation of music on the spot  
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show music intended to be performed before and during a play, setting the mood for the drama  
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incomplete cadence   show
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interval   show
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inversion   show
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show Japanese string instrument  
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show German art song  
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leitmotif   show
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libretto   show
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lute   show
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madrigal   show
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show sacred choral composition made up of five sections generally (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei) Rossini!!!  
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melisma   show
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show instrument with a membrane (drum)  
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meter   show
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show steady pulse, clear tonality, insistent repetition of short melodic pattern- trancelike  
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minuet and trio   show
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show shift from one key to another  
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show single melodic line without accompaniment  
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motet   show
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motive   show
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show piece that sounds complete but is one part of a larger work  
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show inclusion of folk songs, dances, legends in a composition to associate with specific homeland  
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neoclassicism   show
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nocturne   show
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octave   show
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offbeat   show
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opera   show
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show large piece for chorus, soloists, orchestra; several movements, sacred in nature  
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organum   show
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show motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch  
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show short orchestra composition opens an opera or musical theater show and sets the overall mood  
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show melodic lines that move in the same direction at the same time  
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show ground bass, chaconne; bass line that forms a complete musical idea that is repeated over and over again through the piece  
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show single tone held throughout a long section which other parts move independently over top  
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pentatonic scale   show
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show grouping of two phrases that are question and answer  
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phrase   show
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show in the last chord of a piece in minor, this third is raised to make the chord major  
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pick-up   show
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show moves from the original key to the destination key (usually a closely related key) by way of a chord both keys share. For example, G major and D major share 4 chords in common: G, Bm, D, Em.  
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show means of playing stringed instrument where strings are plucked  
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polychord   show
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show two or more melodic lines happening at the same time  
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polyrhythm   show
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show using two or more keys at the same time (20th century)  
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postlude   show
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show short piece to introduce a fugue or other composition; short piece for piano  
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show evocation of primitive power through insistent rhythms and percussive sounds (Rite of Spring)  
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show instrumental music association with a story, poem, idea, or scene (Romantic period)  
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show series of chords  
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raga   show
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show composed piano music, duple meter, march tempo, left hand plays oom-pah, right hand melody  
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recapitulation   show
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recitative   show
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resolution   show
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retrograde   show
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show in jazz, a short repeated phrase  
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show becoming slower  
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show Italian for refrain; a repeated section of music played by full orchestra alternating with other material (Baroque)  
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show ABACADAEA...  
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show slight holding back or pressing forward (borrowing or pushing time) (Romantic music)  
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scat singing   show
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show compositional form in three parts (ABA), sometimes third movement in symphony, triple meter, fast  
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show in a melody, the immediate repetition of a pattern on a higher or lower pitch  
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show method of composing that uses an ordered group of rhythm, dynamics, tone color, and pitch (20th century)  
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sitar   show
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show in Baroque and Classical music, instrumental composition in several movements  
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sonata form   show
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song cycle   show
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sprechstimme   show
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staccato   show
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show in fugues, subject is imitated before it is completed; one voice tries to catch the other  
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show same music for each verse  
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subject   show
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suite   show
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suspension   show
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swing   show
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show accenting of a note at an unexpected time; major characteristic of jazz  
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tabla   show
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tag   show
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show the speed of music  
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show abrupt alternation between loud and soft dynamics (Baroque music)  
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show the musical technique of writing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song. For example, ascending scales would accompany lyrics about going up; slow, dark music would accompany lyrics about death.  
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show alteration of the character of a theme by changes in dynamics, orchestration, rhythm (Romantic music)  
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theme   show
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show form in which the theme is repeated over and over again but with variations in melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color  
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through-composed   show
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tie   show
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timbre   show
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show key  
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tone cluster   show
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show symphonic poem; programmatic music in one movement (Romantic)  
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tonic chord   show
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tremolo   show
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show three note chord  
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trill   show
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trio sonata   show
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tutti   show
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twelve-tone   show
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unison   show
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show unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat  
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virtuoso   show
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show lively tempo  
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whole-tone scale   show
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