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Staccato
Short, sharp notes.
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Dominant
5th note of the scale.
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Sub Dominant
4th note of the scale.
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Glissando
Slide up or down a series of notes.
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Atonal
Music without a key.
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Perfect Cadence
V-I
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Plagal Cadence
IV-I
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Interrupted Cadence
V-VI
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Imperfect Cadence
(ANY)-V
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Drone
Single or multiple sustained notes.
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Arpeggio/Broken Chords
Spread out notes of a chord.
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Movement by: Step
Melody going up or down by one note.
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Movement by: Leap
Movement by intervals of more than one note.
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Movement by: Scalic
A melodic passage moving by step
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Major
A scale running: T-T-S-T-T-T-S
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Minor
A scale with a flattened third and alternate 6th and 7th note.
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Modal
White note scale not starting at C. i.e the order of tones and semitones is different from major.
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Dissonance
Sounds clashy. (Remember, DISS)
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Consonance
Sounds good.
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Diatonic
Sounds good. (Opposite of the other D)
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Chromatic
Sounds clashy. (Opposite of the other C)
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Tala
A rhythmic phrase or pattern in Indian music.
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Syncopation
Off-beat.
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Cross-Rhythm
Another form of notes playing across the beat.
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Adagio
Slowly.
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Largo
Slow.
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Andante
Walking Pace.
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Moderato
Medium.
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Allegro
Fast.
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Vivance
Fast and lively.
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Presto
Very fast.
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Accelerando
Getting faster.
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Rallentando/Ritardando
Getting slower.
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Ritenuto
Immediately slow.
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Allargando
Much slower.
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Rubarto
Flexible time/tempo.
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Fortissimo
Very loud.
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Forte
Loud.
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Mezzo Forte
Medium loud.
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Mezzo Piano
Medium quiet.
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Piano
Quiet.
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Pianissimo
Very quiet.
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Crescendo
Getting louder.
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Diminuendo
Getting quieter.
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Subito
Suddenly.
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Sforzando
Accent. Suddenly loud.
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Legato
Smoothly.
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Tremolo
Rapid repetition of a note.
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Soprano
Female high.
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Alto
Female low/Pre-pubescent male
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Tenor
Male high.
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Bass
Male low.
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Acapella
Unaccompanied voices.
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Choir
Group of singers.
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Chorus
A large group of singers.
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Backing Vocals.
In pop and jazz, the singers support the soloist.
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Monophonic
One sound at a time.
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Homophonic
Two sounds of the same importance at the same time.
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Polyphonic
Three or more sounds of the same importance at the same time.
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Counterpoint
Played in Baroque, e.g a Fugue.
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Solo
One performer.
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Unison
All performers using the same notes.
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Doubling
Playing the same notes as other instruments.
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Tutti
All performers together. (Tutti Frutti)
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Countermelody
Goes against the main melody.
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Descant
A countermelody above the other voices.
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Ground Bass
A repeated bass pattern used mainly in Baroque.
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Rondo Form
Repeated A section.
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Variations
Theme played in altered forms.
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Ternary
ABA form.
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12 Bar Blues
Jazz sequence with the chord sequence: I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-V
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Repetition
Music repeats unchanged.
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Recapitulation
The return of the opening passage towards the end of a piece.
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Decoration
Ornaments and additional notes added to melody.
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Sequence
A phrase repeated higher or lower in pitch.
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Imitation
Voices and instruments copying one another usually after a short gap.
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Canon
A music idea played in a round.
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Ostinato
Repeated rhythm.
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Riff
Ostinato in Jazz and Pop.
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Motif
Short sometimes developed musical idea.
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Episode
A passage of music which moves away from the main theme.
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Introduction
Opening passage.
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Coda
Italian for "tail", end of a section.
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Strophic Form
Verse-Chorus structure, ABABABABA etc.
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Ritornello
Baroque recurring section played Tutti.
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Through Composed
Starts and keeps going with little clear structure.
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Aleatoric
Music of chance. Cage experimental music.
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Raga
Indian music built over a particular scale. (Rag)
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Alap
The opening section in an Indian rag, usually in free time and improvised.
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Jhor
The next section in a rag where the tempo becomes more clearly defined.
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Jhala
The main and final section in a rag where the tempo increases and the tabla plays.
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Middle Eight
A contrasting section in a pop song.
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Tape Loop
A repeated passage of recorded music.
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Improvised
Made up, without notation.
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Traditional Jazz
New Orleans early jazz. Small combos.
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Blues
Follows 12 bar pattern. Deals with social problems.
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Rock and Roll
An electric guitar form of blues with a driving straight beat. 1950's.
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Reggae
Bob Marley – Jamaican music emphasizing off beat.
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Ska
Faster form of Reggae.
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Serialism
Atonal music built using a series of 12 notes of the chromatic octave.
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Minimalism
Highly repetitive tonal music. Late 20th century.
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Experimental music
Music which challenges the concept of what constitutes music.
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Performance Art
A staged performance of contemporary music, drama and art.
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Banghra
Anglo/Indian pop style with a heavy beat of Punjabi origin.
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Chamber
Small-scale western ensembles.
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Orchestral
Large scale western ensembles.
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Symphonic
Orchestral compositions.
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5th note of the scale.

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Dominant

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4th note of the scale.

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Card 4

Front

Slide up or down a series of notes.

Back

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Card 5

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Music without a key.

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