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Undergraduate 1
10/11/2011

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Rhythm
Definition
general way music unfolds in time
arrangement of durations-long and short notes
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Beats
Definition
musical time measured in beats
short pulses of background to keep pace
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Accent
Definition
more empathic beats
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Meter
Definition
any recurring pattern of strong and weak beats
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Measure and Bar
Definition
each occurence of a meter/pattern
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Duple Meter
Definition
beats grouped in twos
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Triple Meter
Definition
beats grouped in threes
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Syncopation
Definition
accents displaced to other unexpected position
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Tempo
Definition
the speed of music
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Adagio
Definition
slow
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Andante
Definition
slow but not too slow
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Moderato
Definition
moderate speed
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Allegretto
Definition
fast but not too fast
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allegro
Definition
fast
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presto
Definition
very fast
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frequency
Definition
rate of sound vibration
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Pitch
Definition
the quality of sound
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dynamics
Definition
level of sound
soft vs hard
crescendo vs decrescendo
more accents
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amplitude
Definition
amount of energy a sound contains and conveys
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tone color
Definition
quality of the pitch or instrument that such a sound makes
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overtones
Definition
another tone above or below original tone that is also played but not noticeable
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interval
Definition
distance/difference between two pitches
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octave
Definition
interval of two pitches that are 8 notes away diatonically
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diatonic scale
Definition
a set of seven pitches within an octave
used in western music
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chromatic scale
Definition
every note/pitch within an octave
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