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"Tamber"
Another word for tone color. Brightness or Darkness |
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| loudness or softness in sound |
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| relative highness or lowness of sound |
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| distance in pitch between highest and lowest tones |
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| Any distance between two pitches |
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property of sound waves that determines pitch
measured in cycles/sec |
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gradual increase in volume...
gradual decrease in volume |
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increase: crescendo
decrease: decrescendo, diminuendo |
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| part of the overall range of an instrument |
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| highest men's singing voice |
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| mid-ranged woman's singing voice |
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| Cane used to make woodwinds |
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| four families of instruments in symphony orchestra |
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| strings brass percussion and woodwinds |
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| equal repeated pulse that divided music into time |
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| organization of music into groups |
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| unanticipated rhythmic accent |
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| overall speed of the beat |
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| grouping of a fixed # of beats |
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| ordered flow of music through time |
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| device that produces ticking sounds to determine tempo |
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| walking pace (moderately slow) |
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| one note louder than the surrounding notes |
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| bottom LINES to top LINES in treble clef |
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| bottom SPACES to top SPACES in treble clef |
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| bottom LINES to top LINES in bass clef |
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| bottom SPACES to top SPACES in bass clef |
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| series of tones that add up to a recognizable whole |
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| detached, short, choppy style of melody |
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| short component parts of melodies |
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| resting point at end of phrase |
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| a phrase ending which sets up expectations |
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| emotional focal point of melody |
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| only two ways that pitches of a melody move |
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| melody that serves as a starting point for a larger piece |
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| dissonance moving to a consonance |
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