Music Vocab Flashcard 5

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A series of notes dividing the octave by a specific system. Major and minor scales are modes.

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Mode

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An Italian vocal style known for florid melodies and agile, smooth, pure tones.

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Bel Canto

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A stylized close in music that divides it into periods or concludes it.

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Cadence

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Strict counterpoint where each voice imitates the previous one at a fixed distance.

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Canon

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Singing or performing in a melodious, graceful, and expressive style.

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Cantabile

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Italian word for to sing, celebrate, or praise

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Cantare

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Break in music, marked by two diagonal lines (railroad tracks).

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Caesura

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French polyphonic song of the Middle Ages or Renaissance.

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Chanson

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The sounding of two or more notes simultaneously.

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Chord

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Music in half steps.

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Chromatic