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MUSC 160 Vocab 1
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Music
Undergraduate 1
10/11/2012
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Term
Melody
 Definition
The line, or tune, in music
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Contour
 Definition
How melody moves up and down
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Range
 Definition
Span of pitches
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Interval
 Definition
Distance between any two pitches
Term
A melody that moves in small, connected intervals
 Definition
Conjunct
Term
A melody that moves in leaps
 Definition
disjunct
Term
Phrases
 Definition
The units that make up a melody
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Cadences
 Definition
phrases that end in resting places
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Countermelody
 Definition
A accompaniment secondary melody
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Rhythm
 Definition
What moves music forward in time
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