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| Series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low. |
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| The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds. |
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| The unit of musical rhythm. |
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| Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions. |
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| Medieval polyphony that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines. |
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| Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than that of the mass; one of the two main forms of sacred Renaissance music. |
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| In Italian, refrain; a repeated section of music usually played by the full orchestra, or tutti, in baroque compositions. |
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| A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds, backwards, or inverted. |
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| A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. |
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| Like an opera, but uses biblical stories for entertainment (secular). |
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| Also known as a concerto - contains an orchestra and featured a featured player or players (soloists.) |
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| Using music to paint a picture. |
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| Ordered flow of music through time; the pattern of durations of notes and silences in music. |
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| Degree in loudness or softness in music. |
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| A single melody with supporting cords. |
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| Characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone, color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form in music. |
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| Sacred choral composition made up of five motets. |
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| Abrupt changes from loud to soft music, or soft to loud. |
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| Voice and music, but the music is almost dominating. |
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| Polyphonic composition based on one main theme, or subject. |
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| Organization of musical ideas in time. |
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| The tonal range of an instrument. |
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| Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another. |
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| Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments. |
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| Composition for several voices set to a short secular poem. |
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| Presentation of a melodic idea by one voice or instrument that is immediately followed by its restatement by another voice or instrument, as in a round. |
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| Hymn tune sung to a German religious text. |
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