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| any selection of pitches in succession |
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| a relatively short, singable melody |
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| pitches heard simultaneously |
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| the relative highness or lowness of a sound; a sound produced at a certain number of cycles per second |
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| syllables used to name pitches |
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| distance between two pitches |
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| all 12 notes of the western system presented in ascending and/or descending order |
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interval spanning eight pitches, the distance between two pitches in which the frequency of the second pitch is twice or 1/2 that of the first |
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| seven note (heptonic) set of pitches built a series of whole and half steps. The two diatonic forms (major and minor) are the foundations for the functional western harmony. |
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ive note scale commonly associated with traditional music in africa and the far east
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| set of ptches presented inascending or descending order |
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| an idea about pitch and melody that encompasses musical practice and extra- musical association |
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| indian mode or scale/ group of pitches that have extra - musical association |
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| intervals or chords that sound relatively tense and unstable; generally, a discordant interval or chord |
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| intervals or chords that sound relatively stable and free of tension; generally, a nice sounding interval or chord |
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3 or 4 movements
Fast-Slow-Fast
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Fast-Slow+Dance and trio-Fast |
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| 20th centurty : Dissonance |
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| in western art music- dissonance becomes a standardin wesdtern |
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| are stacked intervals; or, in tonal music, three or more pitches sounding together ina functional way |
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| music that uses the hieracrchy of chords (I,IV,V) in tonal music. Tonal I, Sub. DominantIV. Dominant V |
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| the design of a musical selection |
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| a compositional process in which a musician exercises relatively great fllexibility with giv en material during a performance |
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| the basic subject matter of a piece of music |
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| melodic or rhythmic fragment used to construct a alrger musical entity |
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| in a piece of tonal music, shifting from one tonal center to another |
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| North Indian classical forms: badhat |
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| means growth= slow beginning acceleration to a rapid conclusion. two main sections are without tala and with tala |
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music that lacks a repittive structural form
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| 3 main sections, exposition, development, and recapitulation |
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Bach
Canata No.80, MVT
No.1
Genre= Canata
Style Period= Baroque
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Bach
Canata No.80, MVT
No.1
Genre= Canata
Style Period= Baroque
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| Orchestra works without voice |
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mozart- movement 1
a little night music
genre- string qaurtet
style period- classical |
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bach- prelude and fugue in C minor
genre= prelude and fugue
instrument=harpischord
style period=baroque
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