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| The quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices or musical instruments. |
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| A coherent succession of single pitches in a musically-expressive order. |
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| The orderly movement of music in time. |
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| The combination of tones to produce chords. |
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| The organization or structure of a composition. |
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| The relationship between the pitches of two notes. |
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| The difference between the highest and lowest notes is small. |
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| The difference between the highest and lowest notes is large. |
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| In a melody, there are no wide intervals or leaps between notes. |
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| In a melody, there are wide leaps between notes. |
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| A unit of meaning within a larger structure. Ends with a cadence. |
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| The musical question. Ends with an incomplete cadence. |
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| The musical answer. Ends with a complete cadence. |
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| A melody that plays against and contrasts with the main melody. |
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| Emphasis on a certain beat. |
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| Grouping of beats by accents into a pattern. |
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| a measurement of musical time with a fixed number of beats. |
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| Beats fall into groups of 2 or 4. |
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| Beats fall into groups of 3. |
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| Dividing beats into two parts. |
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| Dividing beat into three parts. |
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| Accent is shifted from weak beat to off beat. |
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| Grouping of the beats shifts from duple to triple or vice versa. |
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| Simultaneous contrasting rhythms involving a conflict of meter or accent. |
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| Grouping of an irregular number of beats that add up to a larger overall pattern. |
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| No discernable beat or meter. |
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| Greek music associated with Apollo. Calming. Instrument: Lyre. Poetic forms: ode and epic. |
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| Greek music associated with Dionysus. Exciting. Instrument: Aulos. Poetic forms: dithyramb and drama. |
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