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| 4 components of music | rythum, melody, dynamics, color | |
| Music | the organization of SOUND in TIME | |
| Timbre | the distincitve quality/color of music | |
| Meter | the organization of music into rhythmic patterns of beats | |
| Nuance | A small change in the basic tempo or dyanmic level | |
| Octives | important indicators of musical space | |
| Dynamics | changes in volume of music | |
| Contrapuntal melodic texure | most complex and most used | |
| Polyphonic | has two or more parts sounding together | |
| Melody | includes all sounds out of which music is made - lead part in polyphonic music | |
| Gregorian chant | example of monophonic music | |
| Piano | Italian word for Soft | |
| Forte | Italian word for Loud | |
| Six Tempos | largo, adagio, andnate, allegrato, allegro, presto | |
| Articulation | the way sounds are expressed | |
| Non-Legato | Most common type of articulation | |
| First musical experience | human heartbeat | |
| Doubled | when two instruments play same part | |
| Canon/Round | two of the same parts played at differnet times/ row row row your boat | |
| Imitation | a musical idea stated in close succession by at leas one other part | |
| Crescendo | dynamic nuance - gradually gets louder | |
| Diminuendo | Dynamic nuance that gradually gets softer | |
| Program Music | seeks to tell a story | |
| Absolute music | just for enjoyment | |
| Fortissimo | loudest music dynamic | |
| Pianissimo | very soft music | |
| 3 Melodic textures | monophonic, homophonic, contrapuntal | |
| soprano | highest female voice | |
| alto | lowest male voice | |
| vertuosity | special athletic skills of a musical performer |
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