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Music Fundamental
Musical Masterworks I
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Undergraduate 2
08/31/2011

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Melody
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a coherent set of single pitches in succession
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conject v. disjunct movement, range, shape, structure (phrases)
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melody
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harmony
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the relationship of tones considered as they sound simultaneously and the way such relationships are organized in time
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chord, harmonic progression, tonality, consonance/dissonance
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harmony
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rhythm
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the pattern of movement in time; the arrangement of particular note lengths in a piece of music
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motive, rhythmic patterns
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rhythm
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beat
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the regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
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pulse, tempo
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beat
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meter
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the organization of beats into regular groups
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duple v. triple. hierarchy, subdivision, measure, time signature, upbeat, downbeat, syncopation
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meter
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phrase
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a unit of musical syntax; the product, in varying degrees, of the interaction of melody, harmony and rhythm, concluding with a moment of relative tonal and/or rhythmic stability such as is produced by a cadence. A musical sentence.
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cadence, question/answer, antecedent/consequence, period
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phrase
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cadence
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a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution
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phrase, harmony, tonality types of cadences
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cadence
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motive
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a short rhythmic and/or melodic idea that is sufficiently well defined to retain its identity when elaborated or transformed and combined with other materiel and that thus lends itself to serving as the basic element from which a complex, texture or composition is created. A small musical building block.
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phrase (often comprised of motives)
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motive
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consonance
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the perceived stability of a complex of two or more sounds
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harmony, chord, tonality
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consonance
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dissonance
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the perceived instability of a complex of two or more sounds
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harmony, chord, tonality, atonality
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dissonance
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texture (musical)
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the number and arrangement of simultaneous musical layers
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monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic, counterpoint, imitation
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texture
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