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a succession of pitches from which melodies are drawn
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| a combination of sounds or timbre |
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| an elastic flexible tempo |
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| a division of a melody equal to cluase or sentence of prose or to one breath of singing |
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| a short recurring bit of melody used as an element of form |
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| a musical idea on which a composition is base |
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| a portion of melodic range of a voice or an intrument |
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| a scale consisting of 5 tones |
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| the tonal center or tonality of a piece or part of a piece of music |
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| a scale, or key associated with a positive or upbeat mood |
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| a scale or key associated with a negative or sad mood |
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| a chord consisting of threee pitches |
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| the absence of a tonal center or key |
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| disagreeable effect produced by certain intervals |
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| agreeable effect produced by certain intervals |
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| the change from one key area to another |
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| a sequence of harmonies such as 12-bar blues progession |
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| one complete chord progression in a jazz tune |
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| multiple lines of music played at the same time |
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| a composition usually in three movements in which a solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra |
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| multiple lines of melody played at the same time |
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| multiple lines of music moving in the same rhythm |
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| two or more simutaneously sounding pithces |
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| one syllable of text spread out over many notes |
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| a short multi-movement vocal work written for private or religous performance |
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| the concluding part of a musical phrase |
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| a piece of 3 or more instruments that alternates sections of imitative and free counterpoint |
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| two word definition of music |
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| the feeling of movement the smalle scale organization of time |
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| the sound quality of a particular instrument |
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| the pattern of stressed beats |
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| the various levels of volume |
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| a renaissance piece for several voices usually setting a poem about love to music |
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| the sounds that provide support and enrichment for melody |
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| always bulit on fifth note of the scale |
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| notees of a triad that are spaced over time |
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| the organized music around a central pitch |
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| music composed ti create a picture |
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