AOS 3- Texture and Melody.

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Pitch
How high or low the note is.
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Interval
Gap in pitch between two notes.
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Scale
Group of notes, played in ascending or descending order.
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Arpeggio
Playing notes of a chord one by one.
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Conjunct
Melodies which move step by step. sounds smooth.
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Disjunct
Melodies leap. Sound spiky.
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Triadic
Melodies which use notes from a triad.
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Scalic
Melodies follow the order of a particular scale.
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Pentatonic Scale
Five note scale.
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Whole Tone Scale
Scale made up of only whole tones.
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Chromatic Scale
Scale made up of only semi tones.
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Augmentation
Doubling the value of a tune.
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Dimunition
Halving the value of a tune.
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Modes
Came before scales.
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Passing Notes
Notes between the notes of a harmony.
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Blue Notes
The flattened notes in a blues scale.
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Sequance
When a tune is repeated a step higher.
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Glissando
A slide between two notes.
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Pitch Bend
Bending the note on an instrument.
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Ornamentation
Decorating the melody.
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Mordents
Three notes starting and ending with the same note. a step higher or lower goes in between.
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Ostinato / Riff
A repeated rhythm or tune.
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Phrase
A musical sentence indicated by a line above the stave.
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Articulation
How to Play the notes.
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Staccato
Short, detached notes.
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Legato
Smooth, indicated by a slur.
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Accent
Notes played with more force.
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Improvisation
When a musician makes up music on the spot.
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Monophonic
One single melody.
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Unison
When everyone plays together.
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Octaves
If instruments are an octave apart.
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Homophonic
All parts moving in one rhythm creating a chordal effect.
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Broken Chords
All notes of a chord are played sparately.
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Polyphonic / Contrapuntal
Two or more important melodies interweave.
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Imitation
A phrase is repeated.
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Canon
A particular type of imitation.
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Antiphonal
Stereo effect as a musical phrase is passed from one group to another.
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Card 2

Front

Interval

Back

Gap in pitch between two notes.

Card 3

Front

Scale

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Arpeggio

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Conjunct

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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