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| in acoustics, the speed or rate of the vibrations in a sound production |
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| quality of highness or lowness of sounds |
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| the difference or distance between any two pitches |
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| pool of pitches available for the making of music |
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| the set of 7 pitches originally used in western music, made up of an arrangement of whole and half steps |
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| when the first 7 pitches of a scale is repeated at a higher level |
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| a later expansion of the diatonic scale where 5 more pitches were added between certain of the 7 members of the diatonic scale, making it 12 tones |
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| the interval equivalent to two half steps |
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| the aspect of music having to do with the duration of notes in time |
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| the pulse underlying most music |
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| recurring pattern of strong and weak beats |
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| the unit of meter consisting of a principal strong beat and one or more weaker ones |
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| measures are indicated by these vertical lines |
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| meter in which beats are grouped in twos |
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| meter in which beats are grouped in threes |
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| meter in which beats are grouped in fours |
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| in simple meter beats are divided into two, four, subsidiary beats. in compound meter beats divide into 3 parts. |
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| the accenting of certain beats of the meter that are ordinarily unaccented |
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| free rhythm made by stretching beats |
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| a coherent succession of pitches played or sung in a certain rhythm |
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| a simple, easily singable melody |
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| a section of melody or tune |
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| in a melody or tune, a distinct high point |
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| the notes or chords ending a section of music with a feeling of end. |
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| a short fragment of melody or rhythm used in constructing a long section of music |
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| the basic subject of a piece of music |
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| the blend of the various sounds and melodic lines occurring simultaneously ina piece of music |
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| one melody, with chords to add depth |
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| the technique of writing melodies so that they fit together in a satisfactory way |
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| this occurs when the lines sounding together use the same or similar melodies at staggered time intervals |
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| to provide each note of a melody with a chord |
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| intervals or chords that sound relatively stable and free of tension |
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| intervals or chords that sound relatively tense and unstable |
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| to process form a dissonant harmony to consonance |
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| the feeling of centrality of one note to a passage of tonal music. |
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| the different ways of organizing the diatonic scale. |
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| the diatonic scale with the tonic pitch C |
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| the diatonic scale with the tonic pitch A |
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| one of the various positions for the major and minor mode scales |
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| changing key within a piece of music |
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