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A low female or high male voice.
Alto
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An intrument from West Africa similar to a xylophone.
Balafon
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Formed by the last two chords of a phrase, a type of musical punctuation.
Cadance
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Notes that belong to the scale of the key the music is currently in.
Diatonic
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The same pitch noted in different ways.
Enharmonic
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A vocal technique used by men to sing notes higher than those within their normal vocal range.
Falsetto
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A type of vocal music that expresses Christian beliefs.
Gospel
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A rythmic device where two bars of 3/4 sound like three bars of 2/4
Hemiola
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The process, most common in jazz, of spontaneously creating new music as you perform.
Improvisation
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The distance between two notes.
Interval
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This indicates the scale the section of music is based on,
Key
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Smooth playing, without gaps between the notes.
Legato
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This refers to the pulse of the music and is indicated by the time signiture.
Metre
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A short but distinctive musical idea that can be changed in various ways.
Motif
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A repeating meoldic, harmonic or rythmic motif.
Ostinato
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A direction to pluck notes on a string instrument.
Pizzicato
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A regularly reccuring sense of beat common to most styles of music.
Pulse
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A short, catchy melodic or rythmic idea that is repeated throughout a jazz or pop song.
Riff
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Vocal music that has one note to each syllable.
Syllabic
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A chord of three notes, a bass note and notes of a third and fifth above it.
Triad
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A highly skilled singer or instrumentalist, capable of performing technically difficult music.
Virtuoso
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Card 2

Front

An intrument from West Africa similar to a xylophone.

Back

Balafon

Card 3

Front

Formed by the last two chords of a phrase, a type of musical punctuation.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Notes that belong to the scale of the key the music is currently in.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The same pitch noted in different ways.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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