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The first 5 notes of a scale
ex: do-mi-re-fa-so-fa-mi-re-do |
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The distance in pitch between two tones |
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A combo of the 3 tones arranged in 3rds |
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Lowest Note
Middle Note
Fifth of Triad |
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Sounded simultaneously
Chord sung one at a time |
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A grouping of the sharps/flats placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key, or tonality, in which the music is written |
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A rhythmic device in which a single melody is split between two voices |
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The steady, underlying pulse of the music |
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An organization or grouping of rhythmic pulses by means of regular accents
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An accented - unaccented beat pattern |
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Written symbols for sound in music |
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When compositions begin with an incomplete measure (i.e. a pickup note) |
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Tie - when a note is held over a bar line
Slur - when notes are meant to be played smoothly |
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Connects two clefs in a grand staff |
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Without instrument accompaniment
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Piece of music where one voice repeats the part of another throughout the whole piece
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