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HSC Musical Concepts

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ascending   show
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descending   show
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show notes that are next to each other  
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show notes that are not next to each other  
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show a short series of notes that have the same pitch  
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range   show
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register   show
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arpeggio   show
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show notes of a chord played played separately in various orders  
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show a second melody that is independant to another melody  
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show decorating a melody  
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trill   show
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show moving between two pitches sounding all off the frequencies between  
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show short notes that decorate a single note  
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bend   show
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show a melody that is freely created on the spot  
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call and response   show
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show the divisions of melodies. these can be balanced or unbalanced  
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show a chord progression or melody that repeats higher or lower in succession  
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imitation   show
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show a melodic idea that is heard in various points of a song  
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show pitch that can be found on the piano  
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show pitch that cant be found on the piano  
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show a jump if 8 notes  
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drone   show
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consonant   show
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show harmony that clashes  
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show of the major scale  
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show of the minor scale  
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show a scale of 5 notes  
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show a scale that is used in blues music  
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show a series of semitones or notes borrowed form other scales  
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show notes that are from the particular scale/key  
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show a piece that does not have a key as it is not major or minor  
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show a change in key  
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rate of chord change   show
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12 bar blues   show
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pedal point   show
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omm-pah-pah   show
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power chord   show
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major 7th   show
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dominant 7th   show
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show a chord that is based on minor thirds  
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show a part that has a similar shape to another  
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show when one part moves in an oppisite direction  
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show then one part stays the same and another moves  
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show chords I IV V  
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walking bass line   show
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show the pulse of music  
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accent   show
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show beats 2 and 4  
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show accuentating between beats  
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show notes that are off the beat  
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adagio   show
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show At a walking pace  
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moderato   show
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show fast  
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vivace   show
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show Very Fast  
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accelerando   show
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show Gradually Slowing Down  
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pause   show
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show a flexible tempo using slight variations of speed to enhance musical expression  
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show a time signature that has beats divided into two  
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show a time signature that has beats divided into 3  
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show 7/4 and 5/7 are examples  
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show the number of beats in a bar  
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multimetre   show
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complex   show
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show quavers and semiquavers  
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show semibreves and minims  
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ostinato   show
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show An Upbeat or a pickup note(s); a term used for unstressed notes at the beginning of a phrase of music.  
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show long short pattern oftern used in jazz music  
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show doubling the values of notes  
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show halving the vlaues of notes  
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show one rhyhtmic part in 2 while another rhythmic part plays in 3  
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show 3 notes in the time of 2  
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show 2 notes in the time of 3  
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show a one beat note  
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quaver   show
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show a three beat note  
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semibreve   show
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show smooth and connected  
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staccato   show
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show the main instrumental layer  
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accompaniment   show
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show all or everyone  
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show the number of instruemnts playing  
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show a melody with chords  
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show having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together  
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monophonic   show
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show Two melodies that are almost identical  
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unison   show
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show instruments playing the same thing as each other  
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show a structure of 2 contrasting sections  
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ternary   show
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show a part of a song that has the same tune but different words each time  
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chorus   show
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bridge   show
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show a part of a song that has no voices (not at the start)  
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show the name for a final ending section of a piece of music  
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show soft  
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show very soft  
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show moderately soft  
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forte   show
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show moderatly loud  
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show very loud  
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crescendo   show
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decrescendo   show
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arco   show
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pizzicato   show
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show a drum rapidly repeating a note  
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falsetto   show
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show sung without instrumental accompaniment  
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acoustic   show
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show the way in which notes are to be played  
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virtuosic   show
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show simple quadruple  
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3/4   show
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show compound quadruple  
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show compound triple  
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show compound duple  
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show simple duple  
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show give the note it's full length  
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show musical term for a pause  
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show sweetly  
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marcato   show
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show a cross plased in front of a note  
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key signature   show
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slur   show
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glissando   show
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chord   show
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8va   show
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show play two octaves higher  
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show a repidly repeated note  
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