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| The representation of sounds and silence through symbols |
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| The element of time in music. Rythym is measured in beats or their fractional parts |
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| A steady and regular pulse that underlies the rhythmic structure of most traditional compositions |
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| Gradually slowing down the tempo |
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| Gradually incresaing the tempo |
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| The basic symbol for sound |
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1) The movement of several measures of music toward a goal.
2.) One of the lines of the staff. |
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| A complete musical thought; the achievenment of a musical goal |
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| The largest single value in common use today, all other notes are a fractional value of this note |
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| The oval part of a note that locates a pitch on the staff. A notehead can be open or solid |
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| A vertical line attached to a notehead to indicate durational value |
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| A curved line added to the stem of a note to indicate lesser value. Flags are equivalent to beams |
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| A thick horizontal or slanted line that connects two or more stemmed notes and indicates lesser rhythmic value. Beams are equivalent (and replace) flags |
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| Symbol used to notate a period of silence |
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| A symbol attached to the stem of a rest to indicate lesser value. Each hook has the same effect as a flag |
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| One complete metric pattern (also called a bar). Measures are divided by bar lines. |
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| A vertical line used to separate measures |
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| Two vertical lines that indicate the end of a composition or section |
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| A pair of numbers that identifies the value set as one beat and the number of those beats in a measure. The top number indicates the number of beats in a measure. The bottom number stands for a note value representing one beat |
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| A symbol added to anote or rest to increase its duration by one half |
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| A symbole that combines the rhythmic values of two or more notes of the same pitch |
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| A grid of five lines with four spaces used for the precise notation of music |
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| A pitch without an accidental, such as A B C D E F or G |
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| A symbol that designates the location of one pitch on the staff |
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| The general low, middle, or high range of a set of pitches |
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| The symbol that identifies the second line on the staff as the position of the pitch G. Also known as the "G" clef. |
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| A symbol that identifies the fourth line on the staff as the position of the pitch F. Also known as the "F" clef. |
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| A temporary extension of the staff above or below the customary five lines and four spaces |
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| The distance between two pitches |
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| The interval measuring eight diatonic degrees. The octave is the purest and most stable interval that forms the basis of practically all world musical systems. Pitches that appear in diefferent places on the staff but hav exactly the same letter name are one of more octaves apart. |
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| (an Italian word meaning "eighth") Indicates a passage that employs the ovtave sign, instructing a performer to play a passage an octave above or below a written pitch |
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| A symbol that indicates that the pitches sound an octave higher than notated |
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| A symbol that indicates that the pitches sound an octave lower than notated |
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| is used when music returns to the normal octave |
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| A set of two or more staves |
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| A symbol that connects two or more staves |
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| A combination of one treble and on bass staff used for the notation of keyboard instruments |
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| Instruments like the piano and organ on which the performer has no direct contact with the vibrating string |
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| The smallest interval in Western music. On the keyboard, a half step is found between any two adjacent keys |
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| Another name for a half step |
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| Points on the keyboard where two white keys are adjacent; that is, between E and F and between B and C. |
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| An interval comprised of two half steps |
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| A pitch without an accidents such as A B C D E F or G. |
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| A symbol, such as the sharp, flat, or natural sign that raises or lowers a basic pitch one or more half step |
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| an accidental symbol that lowers basic pitch one half step |
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| An accidental symbol used to indicate a lowering by two half steps of a basic pitch |
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| An accidental symbol that raises the basic pitch a half step |
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| An accidental symbol that raises a basic pitch by two half steps |
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| An accidental symbol that cancels the effect of a flat or sharp |
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| A pitch or interval that sounds the same as one given, but is notated differently |
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| A system of identifying pitches within a specific octave range |
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