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Music Test 1
Musica
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Graduate
09/15/2010
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Timbre
 Definition
Size, Shape, Material, how it produces sound
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Tone Color
 Definition
Quality of sound that distinguishes one intrument or voice from another
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Subito
 Definition
Suddenly
Term
a rhythm
 Definition
Arrangement of rhythm
Term
Rhythm
 Definition
Combination of long and short sounds and silences in time
Term
Syncopation
 Definition
accent on weak beats
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diatonic
 Definition
whole steps
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notation
 Definition
set of of symbols for pitch dynamics, expression
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Chord
 Definition
3 or more pitches played together
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Consonance
 Definition
Stable chord
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Dissonance
 Definition
unstable cord
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Monophonic
 Definition
1 line of music
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homophonic
 Definition
only chordal underneath
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polyphonic
 Definition
2 or more lines (chaos)
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Tonality
 Definition
feeling, musical center of gravity
Term
tonal
 Definition
having a sense of tonality
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tonic pitch
 Definition
key pitch, "home" makes u feel at rest
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cadence
 Definition
moving away from a tonic
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key
 Definition
sets tone or mood
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modulation
 Definition
changing keys
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string
 Definition
violin, viola, cello, string bass, double harp
bowed or plucked
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Form
 Definition
design/overral shape of musical work/ arrangement
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contrast return
 Definition
aba
Term
contrast
 Definition
a b
Term
variation
 Definition
a a'
Term
binary

ternary
 Definition
a b

aba
Term
strophic form
 Definition
AAA
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outer form
 Definition
standard pattern, overrall shape
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inner form
 Definition
content of each section
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form
 Definition
defined by internal section or subcategory of genre
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style
 Definition
combination of qualities that maeks work distinctive
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