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Details Title Music Test 1 Description Musica Total Cards 31 Subject Music Created 09/15/2010

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Term Timbre	Definition Size, Shape, Material, how it produces sound
Term Tone Color	Definition Quality of sound that distinguishes one intrument or voice from another
Term 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
Term diatonic	Definition whole steps
Term notation	Definition set of of symbols for pitch dynamics, expression
Term Chord	Definition 3 or more pitches played together
Term Consonance	Definition Stable chord
Term Dissonance	Definition unstable cord
Term Monophonic	Definition 1 line of music
Term homophonic	Definition only chordal underneath
Term polyphonic	Definition 2 or more lines (chaos)
Term Tonality	Definition feeling, musical center of gravity
Term tonal	Definition having a sense of tonality
Term tonic pitch	Definition key pitch, "home" makes u feel at rest
Term cadence	Definition moving away from a tonic
Term key	Definition sets tone or mood
Term modulation	Definition changing keys
Term string	Definition violin, viola, cello, string bass, double harp bowed or plucked
Term Form	Definition design/overral shape of musical work/ arrangement
Term 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
Term outer form	Definition standard pattern, overrall shape
Term inner form	Definition content of each section
Term form	Definition defined by internal section or subcategory of genre
Term style	Definition combination of qualities that maeks work distinctive

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