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| Four Properties of musical sound |
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| Relative highness or lowness in sound |
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| Degrees of loudness or softness in music |
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| Sound that has a definite pitch (specific sound) |
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| Distance in Pitch b/tw any two tones |
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| when tones that sound very much alike are separated by intervals |
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| Distance b/tw the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce |
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Soprano (highest)
Mezzo soprano
Alto |
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-Strings (guitar,lutes, cellos)
-Woodwinds (flute, clarinet)
-Percussion (drums, cymbals)
-Keyboards (pianos, organs)
-Brass (Trumpets) |
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| Definite Pitch Instrument |
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Timpani
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Celesta
Chimes |
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| Indefinite Pitch Instrument |
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Snare Drum
Base Drum
Tambourine
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-Piano: sound produced by vibrations
-Harpsichord: Loud harsh sounding instrument
-Pipe Organ: Large instrument with pipes |
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| Flow of music through time |
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| Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time |
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| organization of beats into regular groups |
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| when a note is played louder than the notes around it |
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| Very slow and solemn (sad) |
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| Moderately slow, a walking pace |
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| Played as fast as possible |
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| How many different layers are heard at once, to what layers they are and how they relate to one another |
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| First or stressed beat of a measure |
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| Notetaking music from others to read composers used this language |
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| Occurs when a performer emphasizes a tone by playing it more loudly than those around |
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| It is more difficult to sing because of |
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| Total instrument sound is register |
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| Vibration of brass instruments |
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| String player causes small string fluctuation |
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| Basic chord used in western music |
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| Combination of 3 tones sounded at once |
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| uses the first 7 to indicate pitch |
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| By adding a dot to right of note it increases duration |
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| how many beats fall in measure |
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| traditional western music smallest interval |
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| Texture of a single melodic line w/o accompanying |
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