Music Concepts Flashcards

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Duration

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The relative lengths of sounds and silences in music.

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Concepts to explore duration

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Beat and pulse, metre, accent and syncopation, tempo, rhythm.

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Expressive devices

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Ways of influencing mood and character of music.

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Concepts to explore expressive devices

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Dynamics, contrast, instrumental and vocal techniques, articulation.

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Pitch

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The relative frequency of sound.

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Components of pitch

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Melody, harmony, tonality.

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Melody

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The horizontal arrangement of sound.

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Concepts to explore melody

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Melodic patterns, melodic shape and contour, motif, intonation, range and register.

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Harmony

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The vertical arrangement of sounds, describing how combinations of sounds progress throughout a piece of music.

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Concepts to explore harmony

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Consonance and dissonance, chord progressions, countermelodies, cadence.