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3 areas of importance
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pitch (tone)
dynamics timbre |
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Music is
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An assembly of pitches (tones)
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What instrument has the same pitch as a human?
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Saxophone
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Forte / fortissimo
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loud / very loud
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Piano / pianissimo
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soft / very soft
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What gave the piano its original name?
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Forte piano because you could control dynamics
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Mezzo
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medium
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crescendo / decrescendo
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gradually getting louder /
gradually getting softer |
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What is Timbre?
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How you distinguish between music
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Chopin
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famous composer in the piano
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Composer known for repetition
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Stravinsky
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What can heighten the emotional effect of the text?
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singing
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Female highest notes / lowest notes
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Soprano / Alto
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Male highest notes / lowest notes
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Tenor / Bass
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Singing categories are also known as
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Vocal Ranges
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Categories of music
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Stings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion
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What do many string instruments use to play?
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Bow
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What instrument can only be played sitting down?
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Cello
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How many strings does a Harp have?
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47
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How many strings does a guitar have?
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6
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A way of playing a string instrument by plucking the strings
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Pizzicato
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Playing a string instrument with 2 strings at one time for 2 notes
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Double Stop
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What is Vibrato
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A throbbing expressive tone instruments can make
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What is the ancestor of the flute
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Recorder
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All woodwinds except for the flute and piccolo use these to play
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Reeds and Double Reeds
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These instruments use Single Reeds
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Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone
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These instruments use Double Reeds
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Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Contrabassoon
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This instrument is used to tune up the whole orchestra with what note?
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Oboe, A
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This instrument has the lowest pitch in the orchestra
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Contrabassoon
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Brass instruments blow in a __ and sound comes out of a __.
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Mouth Piece, Bell
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Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound
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Valves
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The Trumpet uses this to change sound
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Slides
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Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color
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Mute
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Indefinite Percussion Instruments
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Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam) |
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Definite Percussion Instruments
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Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes |
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Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound
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Valves
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the three conducting patterns
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple
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The Trumpet uses this to change sound
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Slides
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What is the flow of music through time?
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Rhythm
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Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color
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Mute
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What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
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Beat
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Indefinite Percussion Instruments
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Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam) |
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When you emphasize a note by being louder
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Dynamic accent
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Definite Percussion Instruments
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Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes |
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When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented
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Syncopation
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the three conducting patterns
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple
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What is the flow of music through time?
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Rhythm
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What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
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Beat
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When you emphasize a note by being louder
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Dynamic accent
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When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented
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Syncopation
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Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound
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Valves
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The Trumpet uses this to change sound
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Slides
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Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color
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Mute
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Indefinite Percussion Instruments
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Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam) |
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Definite Percussion Instruments
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Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes |
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the three conducting patterns
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple
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What is the flow of music through time?
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Rhythm
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Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound
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Valves
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What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
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Beat
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The Trumpet uses this to change sound
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Slides
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When you emphasize a note by being louder
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Dynamic accent
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Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color
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Mute
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Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound
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Valves
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Indefinite Percussion Instruments
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Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam) |
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When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented
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Syncopation
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The Trumpet uses this to change sound
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Slides
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Definite Percussion Instruments
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Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes |
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Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color
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Mute
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Indefinite Percussion Instruments
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Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam) |
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the three conducting patterns
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple
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Definite Percussion Instruments
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Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes |
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What is the flow of music through time?
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Rhythm
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the three conducting patterns
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple
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What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
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Beat
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What is the flow of music through time?
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Rhythm
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When you emphasize a note by being louder
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Dynamic accent
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What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
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Beat
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When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented
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Syncopation
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When you emphasize a note by being louder
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Dynamic accent
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When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented
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Syncopation
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Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound
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Valves
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The Trumpet uses this to change sound
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Slides
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Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color
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Mute
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Indefinite Percussion Instruments
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Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam) |
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Definite Percussion Instruments
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Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes |
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the three conducting patterns
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple
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What is the flow of music through time?
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Rhythm
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What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
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Beat
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When you emphasize a note by being louder
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Dynamic accent
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When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented
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Syncopation
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Slow(flowing) tempo speed
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Adagio
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Fast tempo speed
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allegro
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Moderate tempo speed
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Moderato
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Very fast tempo speed
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Presto
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Becoming faster
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Accelerando
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Becoming slower
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Retardando
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Look over notation page
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Look over notation page
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This is a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable tone, condors up past emotions
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Melody
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A smooth connecting style of melody
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Legato
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A short detached manner of melody
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Staccato
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The shorter parts that make up melodies
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Phases
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An ending of a phase
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Cadence
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Set up expectations for more to come
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Incomplete cadence
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Gives an answer, a sense of finality
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Complete cadence
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The emotional focal point
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Climax
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Refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other. Adds depth.
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Harmony
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A tone combination that is subtle. Points of arrival, rest, and resolution(the end).
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Consonance
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A tone combination that is unstable.
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Dissonance
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Refers to how many different layers of sound are heard at once, to what kind of layers they are (melody or harmony), and to how they are related to each other.
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Musical Texture
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Having one sound, absence of harmony, everything in unison
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Monophonic texture
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Having many sounds, several melodic lines compete for attention. Contains Imitation
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Polyphonic texture
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One main melody accompanied by chords, has more harmony
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Homophonic texture
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The organization of musical elements in time
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Form
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Ternary form
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ABA Form
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Binary form
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AB, AABB
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An artist of extraordinary technical mastery
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Viruoso
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A leader of a group of musicians who uses a ___.
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Conductor, Baton
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Who is the first violinist who sits to the concertmasters immediate left and is responsible for supervising the tuning of the orchestra
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Concertmaster
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