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Noonkester Music 101 test 1
music basics
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Music
Undergraduate 1
06/30/2009

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acoustics
Definition
science of sound; property of pitch
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ferquency
Definition
the number of vibrations per second required to produce one note; property of pitch
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interval
Definition
distance between two pitches; property of pitch
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octave
Definition
interval between two notes where the higher note is twice the frequency of the lower; property of pitch; remember 8=oct
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range
Definition
distance between highest and lowest note; property of pitch
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dynamics
Definition
volume of sound/note
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timbre
Definition
tone color, how it sounds
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soprano
Definition
highest female voice
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messo-soprano
Definition
female voice inbetween soprano and alto
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alto
Definition
lowest female voice
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tenor
Definition
highest male voice
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baritone
Definition
male voice between tenor and bass
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bass
Definition
lowest male voice
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pizzicato
Definition
plucked string
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double stop
Definition
two notes at once-stringed instrument
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vibrato
Definition
small pitch fluctuation
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mute
Definition
softens the sound
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tremolo
Definition
repetition of the same tone (up and down strokes on stringed instruments)
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beat
Definition
pluse; divides music into equal units of time
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meter
Definition
organization of beats in a regular group
duple-two; triple-three
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accent
Definition
tone with emphasis
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syncopation
Definition
accented note on a weak(off) beat
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tempo
Definition
speed of the beats
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metronome
Definition
divice used to keep beats at a specific speed
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