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BASIC PACE OF THE MUSIC SPEED OF THE BEAT |
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ACCENTING OF A NOTE AT UNEXPECTED TIME AS BETWEEN TWO BEATS OR ON A WEAK BEAT |
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FIRST OR STRESSED BEAT OF A MEASURE |
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ORGANIZATION OF BEATS INTO REGULAR GROUPS |
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GROUP CONTAINING A FIXED NUMBER OF BEATS |
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FLOW OF MUSIC THROUGH TIME |
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METER SIGNATURE-PLACED AT BEGINNING OF STAFF -FRACTION NUMBER- REPRESENTS THE METER OF A PIECE |
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INCREASED NOTE DURATION BY HALF |
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NOTATION ON A STAFF TO INDICATE RELATIVELY HIGH PITCH RANGES ON A PIANO USUALLY PLAYED WITHTHE RIGHT HAND |
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SYMBOL PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STAFF TO SHOW THE EXACT PITCH OF NOTES PLACED ON EACH LINE AND SPACE |
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SET OF 5 HORIZONTIAL LINES BETWEEN OR ON WHICH NOTES ARE PLACED |
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NOTATION USED TO CANCEL A PREVIOUS SHARP OR FLAT SIGN |
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APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES A TICKING OR FLASH OF LIGHT AT A CONSTANT SPEEN |
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SERIES OF SINGLE TONES THAT ADD UP TO A RECOGNIZABLE WHOLE |
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SHORT DETACHED MANNER OF PERFORMING A MELODY |
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TONE COMBINATION THAT IS UNSTABLE AND TENSE |
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TONE COMBINATION THE IS STABLE AND RESTFUL |
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COMBINATION OF THREE OR MORE TONES SOUNDED AT ONCE |
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RESTING PLACE AT THE END OS A PHASE IN A MELODY 2- PROGRESSION GIVING A SENSE OF CONCLUSION OFTEN FROM THE DOMINATE CHORD TO THE TONIC CHORD |
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PROGRESSION FROM A DISSONNANCE TO ACONSONANCE |
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TRIAD BUILT ON THE FIRST OR TONIC NOTE OF A SCALE SERVING AS THE MAIN CHORD OF A PIECE USUALLY BEGINNING AND ENDING IT |
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tRIAD BUILT ON THE FIFTH NOT OF THE SCALE WHICH SETS UP TENSION THAT IS RESOLVED BY THE TONIC CHORD |
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BROKEN CHORD-SOUNDING OF INDIVIDUAL TONES OF A CHORD IN SEQUENCE RATHER THAN SIMUTANEOUSLY |
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KEYNOTE,TONIC,CENTRAL TONE |
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cENTRAL TONE OF A MELODY A LARGER PIECE OF MUSIC WHEN A PIECE IS IN THE KEY OF c MAJOR FOR EXAMPLE c IS THE KEY NOTE |
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cENTRAL NOTE SCALE AND CHORD WITHIN A PIECE IN TEALTIONSHIP TO WHICH ALL OTHER TONES IN A COMPOSITION ARE HEARD |
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sHARPS OR FLAT SIGNS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLEF SIGH AT THE BEGINNING OF A PIECE OF MUSIC INDICATES THE KEY THE MUSIC IS TO BE PLAYED IN |
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VIBRATIONS CAUSING A CERTAIN FREQUENCY 440-880 ETC PITCH |
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DOUBLE -REED WOODWIND INSTRUMENT WITH A REGISTRAR ONE OCTAVE LOWER THAN THAT OF A BASSON |
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FIRST HAD VALVES AROUND 1850 |
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KETTLE DRUMS,DEFINITE PITCH,SHAPED LIKE LARGE KETTLES WITH CALFS SKIN OR PLASTIC STRECHED ACROSS TOPS PLAYED WITH SOFT PADDED MALLETS |
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PERCUSSION OF INDEFINITE PITCH CONSTRUCTED OF A SKIN STRETCHED ACROSS A SHALLOW CYLINDER WITH SMALL CIRCULAR PLATES SET INTO THE CYLINDER WHICH JINGLE WHEN THE SKIN IS STRUCK OR CYLINDER IS SHAKEN |
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88 KEYS 52 WHITE 36 BLACK |
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RIGHT PEDAL= PIANIST SUSTAINS TONES EVEN AFTER KEYS ARE RELEASED |
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KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT WITH MANY SETS OF PIPES HAS 2 OR MORE KEYBOARDS INCLUDES A PEDAL KEYBOARD PLAYED WITH THE ORGANIST FEET THE KEYS CONTROL VALVES FROM WHICH AIR IS BLOWN ACROSS THROUGH OPENINGS IN THE PIPES |
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VARIOUS SETS OF PIPES ARE BROUGHT INTO PLAY BY PULLING KNOBS CALLED STOPS |
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USED FOR INTERFACING SMNTHESIZER EQUIPTMENT- MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACING |
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THE FLOW OF MUSIC THROW TIME PATTERNS OF DURATION OF NOTES AND SILENCES IN MUSIC |
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SHIFT FROM ONE KEY TO ANOTHER WITH IN SAME PIECE |
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NUMBER OF LAYERS OF SOUND THAT ARE HEARD AT ONCE, WHAT KINDS OF LAYER THEY ARE AND HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER |
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SINGLE MELODIC LINE WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT |
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ONE MAIN MELODY IS ACCOMPANIED BE CHORDS |
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PERFORMANCE OF 2 OR MORE MELODIC LINES OF RELATIVELY EQUAL INTEREST AT SAME TIMES |
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ORGANIZATION OF MUSICAL IDEAS IN TIME |
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ABA=FORM REPRESENTED AS STATEMENT-A= CONTRAST---B=RETURN OF STATEMENT---A =CONTRAST |
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PRINCIPLE 1ST VIOLINIST IN AN ORCHESTRA |
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CREATION OF MUSIC AT TIME IT IS BEING PERFORMED |
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ORNAMENTAL TONES THAT ARE EITHER IMPROVISED BY THE PERFORMER OR INDICATED IN THE MUSIC BY SIGNS OR NOTES IN SMALL PRINT |
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FEMALE VOICE OF LOW RANGE = ALTO |
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PART OF THE TOTAL RANGE OF AN INSTRUMENT OR VOICE -THE TONE COLOR OF THE INSTRUMENT OR VOICE MAY VARY WITH THE REGISTRAR IN WHICH IT IS PLAYED OR SUNG |
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INSTRUMENT WHOSE SHOUND IS PRODUCED BY VIBRATIONS OF AIR IN A TUBE:HOLES ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE TUBES ARE OPENED AND CLOSED BY THE FINGERS ON OR BY PADS TO CONTROL PITCH |
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MEANS OF PLAYING A STRINGED INSTRUMENT BY WHICH THE STRINGS ARE PLUCKED USUALLY WITH THE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND |
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HOW DOES ONE TUNE A VIOLIN / GUITAR |
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BY TIGHTENING OR LOOSENING THE STRINGS BY TURNING THE PEGS EACH STRING IS TUNED TO A DIFFERENT PITCH BY TIGHTENING OR LOOSENING THE PEGS |
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USED TO STRING BOWS TIGHTLY STRUNG HORSE HAIRS BETTER QUALITY OF SOUND THAN SYNTHETIC |
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QUALITY OF SOUND THAT DISTINGUISHES ONE INSTRUMENT FROM ANOTHER |
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SOFT ALSO WIDLY USED DEYBOARD INSTRUMENT GREAT RANGE AND VERSATILITY OF SOUND PRODUCED BY FELT HAMMERS STRINKING STEEL STRINGS |
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DEGREE OF LOUDNESS OR SOFTNESS IN MUSIC |
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DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST TONE THAT A GIVEN INSTRUMENT OR VOICE CAN REACH |
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RANGE OF A SINGERS VOICE DEPENDS ON |
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BOTH TRAINING AND PHYSICAL MAKEUP |
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ART BASED ON ORGANIZATION OF SOUND IN TIME |
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4 MAIN PROPERTIES OF MUSIC |
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PITCH, TONE COLOR, DYNAMICS, DURATION |
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DISTANCE IN PITCH BETWEEN ANY TWO SOUNDS |
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SOUND THAT HAS A DEFINITE PITCH OR QUALITY |
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VIBRATION FREQUENCY - DETERMINES PITCH OF A SOUND |
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440 VIBRATINS TO 880 VIBRATIONS TWICE THE FREQUENCY OF THE LESSER TONE INTERVALS BETWEEN 2 SOUNDS |
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QUALITY OF A SOUND THAT DISTINGUISHES ONE INSTRUMENT OR VOICE FROM ANOTHER |
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THE LENGTH A MUSICAL SOUND LAST |
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TONE HAS A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY 220-440-880 |
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REGULAR RECURRING PULSATIONS THAT DIVIDES MUSIC INTO EQUAL UNITS OF TIME |
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