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WGU-Music

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Pitch   Any sound that sets up regular vibrations in the air & is perceived as a discrete tone  
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Tone   A sound that has a definite frequency  
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Consonance/Dissonance   Tow tones played together to make a pleasant (consonant) or unpleasant (dissonant) sound  
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Rhythm   How musical sounds are organized temporally or in time  
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Beat   Basic unit of rhythm; one of a steady series of rhythmic pulses represented in a score by a note of some kind  
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Meter   Number of beats in each measure  
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Tempo   Rate at which the beats occur; precise indication made possible by a metronome  
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Melody   Succession of notes often forming a distinctive sequence  
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Counterpoint   Simplest form of harmony, features melodic lines (voices or parts) occurring simultaneously  
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Harmony   The sounding of notes simultaneously  
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Chord   3 or more tones sounded together  
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Dynamics   Loudness & softness of music  
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Contrast   Contrasting timbres or rhythm or tempo to make composition more interesting & engaging  
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Timbre   Color or quality of the musical sound being produced  
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Texture   Component of orchestration; describes the number of musical parts (or voices) at any one time  
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Monophony   Pieces or sections that contain only a single part  
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Polyphony   Several independent parts sounding at once  
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Homophony   Moves from chord to chord without undue elaboration or with a simple melody  
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Form   Coherent composition of sounds & silences that allow listeners to make sense of the piece overtime  
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Duration   How long a note lasts; can be lengthened by a tie  
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Art Music   Classical music historically created for the Christian churches, European courts, & concert halls  
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Folk Music   Music created by & for the common people of a particular region, ethnic group, or religious sect  
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Popular Music   Meant principally for enjoyment in the home  
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Cantata   Multi-movement non-theatrical and non-liturgical vocal genre; used to describe large-scale vocal works, sacred or secular, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; may also be for solo voice and accompaniment  
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Concerto   Ensemble music for voice(s) and instrument(s); extended piece of music where solo instrument or instruments are contrasted with an orchestral ensemble  
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Fantasia   Instrumental piece in which conventional form is suspended in favor of the application of imaginative stylization or improvisation; "Free Flight of Fancy"  
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Fugue   Contrapuntal form where subject theme part or voice is introduced then extended and developed through some number of successive imitations  
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Madrigal   Italian style setting secular verse for two or three unaccompanied voices; pastoral poem to music  
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Mass   Sung portion of the Roman Catholic liturgy  
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Motet   For one or more voices, sacred or secular texts to music, singing over fragment of chant in longer note-values, no instrumental accompaniment  
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Nocturne   Moderately slow piece for piano, of dreamy, contemplative character and song-like melody  
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Opera   Theatrically staged story set to instrumental and vocal music, most/all of the acted parts sung with large orchestra  
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Oratorio   Lengthy choral work, same structural elements as opera, religious in nature, not intended to be performed theatrically, relies on use of narration  
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Overture   Orchestral work, usually in 2 or 3 contrasting sections, written as single movement in sonata form, used intro to opera or other dramatic piece  
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Rondo   Instrumental form where the first or main section is repeated between subsidiary sections and to conclude the piece; usually in lively tempo  
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Sonata   Instrumental work either for solo chordal instrument (piano, harpsichord), or one or several solo melody instruments (violin, cello); symphony is usually used  
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Suite   Instrumental work, for one or any combo of instruments or for orchestra; movements derived from certain dance forms  
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Symphony   Three to four movements of orchestral work: 1st-sonata, 2nd-rondo, 3rd-minuet, 4th-sonata or rondo; great western achievement  
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Variations   Repetition of a musical theme with modifications in rhythm, tune, harmony, or key; instrumental  
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Cadence   Musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest, and giving the sense of harmonic completion  
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Notation   Identifies the beat and pitch of the music  
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Aria   Elaborate solo song used primarily in opera's, oratorio's, & cantata's  
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Coda   Passage added to the end of a musical composition to produce a satisfactory close  
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Legato   Musical term indicating that a passage should be played smoothly & without a break between the tones  
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Staccato   Technique of playing so that individual notes are short & are separated from each other by sharp accents  
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Ballade   Short lyrical, French piece for the piano with dramatic narrative qualities  
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Etude   A composition featuring a point of technique and performed because of its artistic merit  
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Intermezzo   A piece performed between acts of a play; a light instrumental composition consisting of solo songs, madrigals, part-songs, dance, occasionally spoken dialogue, often allegorical or pastoral  
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