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| Scales based on ancient Greek scales, e.g. Dorian, Lydian, etc. |
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| A scale of 6 different pitches, all a whole tone apart. |
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| A scale consisting of 5 different pitches, common to folk music of Europe and Asia. |
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| The use of extremely chromatic harmony while still maintaining a tonal center. |
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| The simultaneous use of two or more tonal centers. |
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| The total absence of a tonal center. |
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| Atonal music based on an arrangement of all twelve chromatic pitches. |
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| A shift of metrical groupings. |
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| The simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms. |
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| A single movement work for orchestra with literary or pictorial associations. |
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| Music employing an expanded harmonic vocabulary, innovative orchestral colors, obscured metric pulse. |
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| A French litarary movement of the late 19th century; uthors sought to suggest subject matter rather than depict it specifically; stresses the beauty of the word itself. |
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| Small finger cymbals that produce a gentle ringing sound. |
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| On the harp a quick strumming of all the strings with a broad sweeping hand movement. |
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| A highly stylized type of dance that often interprets a story. |
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| The art of designing the dance steps and movements in a a ballet or musical. |
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| An effect created largely through rhythm with strong accents, heavy syncopation, polyrhythms. |
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| A play with spoken dialogue but featuring musical numbers. |
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| A musical style that developed in the early 20th century USA, combining elements of African, popular and European music, based on improvisation. |
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| A common structure in popular music where the verse develops the storyline and the chorus acts as a refrain. |
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| A moderately fast dance in 4/4 time of Afro-Cuban origins. |
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| A temporary shift of musical accents, shifting from groupings of 2 to 3 and vice versa. |
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| The interval of a diminished 5th or augmented 4th. |
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| Music characterized by the repetition of melodic, rhythmic and harmonic patterns with little variation. |
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| A loud ceremonial tune or flourish featuring brass instruments. |
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