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A list of musical vocabulary for GACE

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melody   a succession of single tones or pitches percieved by the mind as a unit  
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interval   the distance and relationship between two pitces  
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cadence   resting place in a musical phrase; musical punctuation  
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scale   GRADUATED SERIES OF TONES ARRANGED IN A SPECIFIC ORDER  
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Phrase   SMALL SECTION OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING MUSICAL THOUGHT  
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Dissonance   A simultaneous sounding of tones that produce a feeling of tension or unrest and a feeling that further resolution is needed.  
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Chord   Three or more tones combined and sounded simultaneously.  
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Allegro   Brisk, Lively, rapid  
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Crescendo   Gradually growing loudly  
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Harmony   Sound resulting from simultaneous sounding of 2 or more tones consonant with each other.  
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ACCENT   Stress of one tone over others, making it stand out; often it is the first beat of a measure.  
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Accompaniment   Music that goes along with a more important part-OFTEN HARMONY OR RHYTHMIC PATTERNS accompanying a melody.  
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Adiago   Slowly or leisurely.  
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Rhythm   Regular occurence of accented beats that shape the character of music or dance  
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Staccato   The rythmic result produced when a regularly accented beat is displaced on to an unaccented beat.  
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Tempo   The RATE OF SPEED at which music is performed  
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Theme   SHORT MUSICAL Passage STATES AND IDEA.  
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TIMBRE   QUALITY OF MUSICAL TONE that distinguishes voices  
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SYNCOPATION   RYTHMIC RESULT PRODUCED when a regularly accented beat is DISPLACED ONTO AN UNACCENTED BEAT.  
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