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52 Cards in this Set
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Classical Music
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* Stood the test of time
* relies on acoustic instruments * preset musical notation * musical sounds and gestures to convey meaning * lengthy, beat rests beneath music * escape |
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Popular Music
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* can use technologically altered instruments
* can change greatly between performances * lyrics to convey meaning immediately audible, recurrent beat |
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Acoustic Instrument
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not electronically altered instruments
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Encore
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when the audience demands that the piece be repeated immediately
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Symphony
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genre, type of music for orchestra with movements
* typically has 4 movements fast, slow, moderate and fast |
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Movement
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part of a symphony that has its own tempo and mood
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music
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sound that moves through time in an organized fashion
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beat
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an even pulse that divides time into units
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motive
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a short, distinctive musical figure that can stand by itself
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concerto
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a soloist plays with or against an orchestra
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chord
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simultaneous sounding of two or more pitches
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melody
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longer, more tuneful and song like
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tone poem (symphonic poem)
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one-movement work for orchestra that tries to capture in music the emotions and events associated with a story, play or personal experience
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measure
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group of beats
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meter
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gathering of beats into regular groups
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time signature
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tells musicians how the beats are supposed to be grouped
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syncopation
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places accent on weak or between the beats
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tempo
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speeds at which beats progress
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pitch
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relative position, high or low of a musical sound
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staff
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gridwork of lines and spaces
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clef
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range of pitch in which the melody is to be played or sung
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treble clef
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upper range for trumpets or violins, woman's voice
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bass clef
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lower range, covers lower range and is used for lower instruments like the tuba, cello or man's voice
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great staff
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when both clefs are used such as in carillon, piano or organ. Space between two staffs = middle C
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sharp
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raises key to the next one above, usually a half step higher
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flat
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lowers key to the next one below, usually a half step lower
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tonic
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central pitch around which a melody gravitates and usually ends on
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tonality
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organization of music around this central pitch
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key
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indicates the tonal center and the scale that it employs
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scale
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arrangement of pitches within the octave that ascends and descends according to a fixed pattern
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major scale
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sucession of whole and half steps
1 1 .5 1 1 1 .5 |
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minor scale
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also sucession of wholes and halves
1 .5 1 1 .5 1 1 |
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modulation
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change from one key to another, most short popular songs don't modulate. Modulations help make long classical pieces more exciting
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mode
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changing from major to minor = change of mode
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chromatic scale
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major or minor scale uses only 7 notes within each octave, chromatic scale employs all 12
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antecedent phrase
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a full phrase that doesn't end on the tonic and doesn't feel completed when it stands on its own
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consequent phrase
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ends on the tonic note to give the feeling of an ending
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cadence
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concluding part of a musical phrase
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Sitar Piece
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Ravi Shankar and Raji Jogeshwari
Gat II |
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Erhu Piece
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Abing and
The moon reflected on the Second Springs |
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Klezmer Music
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Klezmatics
Fun taschlich |
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harmony
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accompaniment to melody
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triad
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three pitches arranged in a very specific way
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interval
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distance between notes
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dominant
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always built on the fifth note of the scale. Second in importance after the tonic chord towards which the melody progresses
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subdominant
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built on the 4th note of the scale and is called subdominant because it is just below the dominant chord
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chord progression
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movement of chords in a purposeful fashion
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arpeggio
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notes of a chord not together but in sucession
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dissonance
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pitches sounding disagreeable and unstable
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consonance
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pitches sounding agreeable and stable
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blues
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expressive, soulful singing that unfolds above repeating chord changes
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twelve-bar blues
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rate of harmonic change is irregular
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