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| the arrangement of long and short notes in a musical passage |
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| the unit of measurement for time in music- the "strong" pulses |
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| a beat more emphatic than other beats |
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| a strong and weak beat pattern repeated again and again |
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| a displacement of the accented beats to change the emphasis |
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| the rate at which the beats follow one another |
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| a mechanical/electrical device that clicks the tempo |
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| what is audible from different frequencies of sound. ie. low pitches=low frequencies, high pitches=high frequencies |
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| the level of strength of sound vibrations (the volume) |
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| the level of sound's volume- how musicians measure and hear the amplitude of the sound vibrations |
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| the quality of the sound, determined by instruments that produce them - determined by the overtones (same as timbre) |
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| the quality of the sound, determined by instruments that produce them - determined by the overtones (same as tone quality) |
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| no underlying pattern of strong and weak beats |
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| a series of pitches in an octave going up and down in steps |
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| the distance between 2 pitches |
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| a pitch that duplicates another pitch but at a higher or lower level- the vibration twice as fast or slow as the original |
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| do re mi fa so la ti do - scale with the intervals whole whole half whole whole whole half (W W H W W W H) |
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| a scale moving in half steps- 12 notes per octave |
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| interval between the closest adjacent notes on a keyboard, and 2 notes in the chromatic scale |
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| 2 half steps - D to E, etc |
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| organized series of pitches |
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| distinct fragment of a melody that is easily recognized. can be as short as 2 notes |
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| "topic" the main idea of a piece of music- can also be a motive that is vital to the piece |
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| a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution |
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| classical, old, etc. 1000 years of music practiced by the high society in Europe and America |
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| the difference between them and us, in this case the people and music of history and us in modern times and modern music. |
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| the ruling class in capitalist societies, the big wigs, etc. |
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| vibrations not of the total length of vibrating surface, but also half and quarter and eighth vibrations. |
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| the duplication of a phrase at two or more pitch levels |
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| the smaller sections of a melody or tune that separate naturally |
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