Melody: Musical Line | Rhythm and Meter | Harmony: Musical Space | Musical Texture | Musical Expression |
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What is Melody
A succession of single pitches that we perceive s recognizable whole or the "Main Idea".
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What is Rhythm.
This moves the music forward in Time.
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What is Harmony.
The vertical simultaneous combination of sounds.
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What is Texture.
This is the interweaving of melodic lines with harmony.
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What is Dynamics
p,f,mf,pp,ff
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What is Interval.
The distance between any two pitches.
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What is Meter.
This is marked off in measures and organizes the beats into units in written music
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What is Consonance and Dissonance.
The pleasant and also unpleasant sounds created by tension and resolution
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What is Monophonic
This simplest of texture, a single voice without accompaniment.
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What is Tempo.
The rate of speed or pace of the music.
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What is Conjunct and Disjunct.
This two motions move by either Steps or Leaps.
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What is Simple and Compound Meter.
2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 would be examples of ___________ while 3/8, 6/8, 12/8 would be examples of __________.
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What is Tonality.
Tonic is the central pitch,but this is what an entire song is based upon
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What is Imitation.
Canons and rounds are evidence of this texture.
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What is Dynamics
The loudness or softness of the volume of sound in music
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What is Contour and Range.
The shape of the Melody goes up and down; while the distance between the lowest and highest notes are called.
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What is Off Beats and Syncopation.
These common Rhythmic Complexities can be found in music.
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What is a Chord.
This is what three notes played simultaneously make up
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What is Polyphony.
Different melodic lines with many voiced texture makes up this.
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What is Slow.
Grave
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What is Phrases and Cadence.
The units that make up melody; they also end with one of these.
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What are Barlines.
These divide the staff into measures. They are also found outside of Blarney's
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What is Major and minor.
Both chords and scales can sound these two ways.
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What is Homophony.
This occurs when one melodic line is predominant over accompanying lines or voices.
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What is Fast
Presto
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