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| highness or lowness of a sound |
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| rate of a sound wave's vibration |
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| sound with specific pitch, produced by a constant rate of vibration of the sound-producing medium. |
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| sign (#) indicating that a tone is to be performed one-half step higher than noted |
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| sign indicating that a tone is to be performed one-half step lower than notated. |
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| five lines and four spaces on which music is notated |
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| sign that fixes the tone represented by each line and space on the staff. |
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| distance between two pitches |
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| interval of an eighth, as from C to C. |
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| decrescendo or diminuendo |
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Title: Thus Spake Zarathustra
Composed: 1986
Timbre: Orchestra and Organ |
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| arrangement of time in music |
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| basic material of which music is composed: rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre. |
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| rate of speed at which a musical piece is performed |
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| sign that indicates silence, or the cessation of musical sound |
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| basic rhythmic pulse of music |
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| music in which rhythm is organized into patterns of strong and weak beats |
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| unit containing a number of beats |
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| strong sound. accents may be achieved by stress, duration, or position of a tone. |
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| occurrence of accents in unexpected places |
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| popular piano style in which the syncopated melody in the right hand is accompanied by regular beats in the left hand. |
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| melodic section of a march or rag |
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title: maple leaf rag
meter: duple. rhythm is highly syncopated
timbre: piano
form: AABBACCDD |
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row row row your boat
my country tis of thee
yankee doodle |
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title: my heart opens to your voice
melodic type: chromatic
Timbre: soprano voice with orchestra
Form: strophic aria |
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| two or more versus of text are set to the same music |
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| recurring section of text and melody that often becomes the most familiar part of a song. |
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title: voiles
composed: 1910
melody: based on the whole-tone scale
timbre: piano |
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| meaningful succession of pitches |
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| section of a melody, comparable to a section or phrase of a sentence |
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| melodic phrase repeated at different levels of pitch |
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| melody that is easy to recognize, memorize, and sing. |
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| melody that recurs throughout a section, a movement, or an entire composition |
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| short melodic phrase tha may be effectively developed |
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| relatively long, songlike melody |
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| asecending or descending pattern of half steps, whole steps, or both |
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| ascending pattern of steps as follows: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half |
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| ascending pattern of steps as follows: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole,whole |
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| first and most important note of the major or minor scale, to which all other notes in the scale are subordinate. The tonic is represented by the Roman numeral I. |
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| tonic note, and the major or minor scale, on which a composition is based |
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| twelve consecutive half steps within the range of an octave. |
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| the most popular song form, which has two or more verses set to the same music |
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| section of melody and text that recurs at the end of each verse of a strophic song. |
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| six consecutivbe whole steps within the range of an octave |
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| simultaneous sounding of two or more different tones |
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| passive sound that seems to be at rest |
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| meaningufl (as opposed to random) combination of three or more tones |
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| chord with threee tones, consisting of two superimposed thirds |
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| system of harmony, based on the major and minor scales, that has dominated Western music since the seventeenth century |
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| fifth note of the major or minor scale |
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| fourth note of the major or minor scale |
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| manner in which melodic lines are used in music |
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| monophony. one unaccompanied melodic line |
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| polyphony. Combination of two or more simultaneous melodic lines |
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| melody that may be performed by two or more voices entering at different times, producing meaningful harmony |
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| homophony. melodic line accompanied by chordal harmony |
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composer: keith jarrett
melody: pentatonic
meter: quadruple
timbre: piano
tempo: slow |
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| the characteristic quality of the sound of a voice or instrument |
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| high female singing voice |
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| medium-range female voice |
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| an instrumental ensemble consisting of members of the four families of instruments, dominated by strings |
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| instruments that may be bowed, strummed, struck, or plucked. orchestral string instruments include the violin, viola, cello, string bass (or double bass), and harp |
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| the technique of plucking string instruments |
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| wind instruments that include the piccolo, flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone |
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| wind insturments that include the trumpet, trombone, (french) horm, and tuba |
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| all instruments that may be played by shaking, rubbing, or striking the instrument itself. these include the timpani (tuned kettledrums), other drums, chimes, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, and various mallet instruments, such as the xylophone |
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| instruments on which sound is produced by pressing keys on a keyboard |
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| levers, handles, or buttons that allow an organist to change timbres at will |
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| a highly verstaile electronic sound generator capable of producing and altering an infinte variety of sounds |
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| a system allowing composers to manage quantities of complex information, and making it possible for unrelated electronic devices to communicate with each other |
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| title: a young person's guide to the orchestra |
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