The Six Concepts of Music
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| show | The way the piece is constructed.
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| show | Refers to a composition with two main section, called Section A and Section B.
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| show | Has three sections, Section A, Section B, then a return to Section A.
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| Rondo Form | show 🗑
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| show | Is similar to rondo form. The main theme is usually a distinctive melody, which is then changed and adapted in subsequent sections.
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| show | The piece does not repeat any material.
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| show | A form where there are several verses, each with different words but the same basic musical accompaniment.
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| show | Used in popular music. This form uses verses, choruses, bridges, solo's, into's and outgo's.
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| Tone Colour | show 🗑
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| show | The tone colour changes every time the line up of instruments change.
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| show | The tone colour may change depending on the dynamic level it is played at.
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| show | Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Strings
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| Woodwind (No Reed) | show 🗑
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| show | Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
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| show | Oboe, Cor Anglis, Clarinet, Bassoon
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| show | Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Harp, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele
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| Brass | show 🗑
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| show | Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Conga's, Bongo's, Timpani
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| show | Piano, Xylophone, Marimba, Glockenspiel, Tubula Bells, Vibraphone
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| show | Slide Whistle, Kazoo, Triangle, Tambourine, Wood Blocks, Gong, Egg Shakers, Ratchet, Vibraslap, Anvil, Agogo Bells, Bell Tree, Guiro
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| Non-Western Instruments | show 🗑
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| Aerophones | show 🗑
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| show | Any instrument which uses a vibrating membrane stretched across a hollow body.
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| Chordophones | show 🗑
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| show | Percussion Instruments.
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| show | Any sound created by electronic means.
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| show | Structure, Tone Colour, Dynamic and Expressive Techniques, Pitch, Duration, Texture
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| show | Volume Level
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| show | Very Soft
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| Piano (p) | show 🗑
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| show | Moderately Soft
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| Mezzo Forte (mf) | show 🗑
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| show | Loud
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| show | Very Loud
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| Sforzando (sfz) | show 🗑
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| show | To gradually get louder.
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| show | To gradually get softer
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| Expressive Techniques | show 🗑
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| show | Smoothly and well connected.
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| show | Short and detached.
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| show | Stressing or emphasising the note or chord.
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| show | vibrating or slightly shaking the sound, creating a tiny variation in pitch.
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| show | The quick repetition of the same note.
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| Tenuto | show 🗑
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| Glissando | show 🗑
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| Texture | show 🗑
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| Monophonic Texture | show 🗑
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| show | Two layers, a melody line with a chordal accompaniment.
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| show | Multiple layers, many melodic lines playing at the same time, complex melodies and counter melodies.
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| Unison | show 🗑
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| Doubling | show 🗑
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| show | Occurs when a melody or melodic fragment is copied with another instrument.
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| show | Occurs when a solo instrument makes a melodic statement or "call" and a larger group replies with a different statement.
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| Similar Motion | show 🗑
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| Contrary Motion | show 🗑
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| show | The different lengths of times.
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| Rhythm | show 🗑
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| Polyrhythm | show 🗑
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| Cross rhythm | show 🗑
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| show | A repeated rhythmic pattern
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| Riff | show 🗑
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| Free Rhythm | show 🗑
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| show | The main time of a unit of a composition.
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| Pulse | show 🗑
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| Metre | show 🗑
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| show | A group of beats.
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| Anacrusis | show 🗑
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| show | Numbers used at the beginning of a composition to explain the metre, or how many beats are in each bar.
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| show | Based on simple, or whole beats lake crotchets or minims (e.g. 2/4, 3/4, 4/4)
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| show | Passed on dotted beats, such as dotted crotchets. (e.g. 6/8, 9/8, 12/8)
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| Multimetre | show 🗑
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| show | Means emphasis or stress. Achieved by playing one note or chord louder than the others.
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| Syncopation | show 🗑
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| show | Is a feature of rock, popular and rhythm and blues music.
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| Pitch | show 🗑
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| Melody | show 🗑
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| Scale | show 🗑
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| show | Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone
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| Minor Scale | show 🗑
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| Chromatic Scale | show 🗑
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| show | Consisting of 5 notes, usually scale degrees 1 2 4 5 6.
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| Mode | show 🗑
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| Aeolian (Minor) | show 🗑
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| Lydian | show 🗑
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| Phrygian | show 🗑
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| show | Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone.
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| Dorian | show 🗑
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| show | Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone
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| Locrian | show 🗑
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| show | A type of scale used in Indian music, often with different patterns for ascending and descending parts.
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| show | The distance between one pitch and he pitch closest to it.
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| Tone | show 🗑
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| show | Where a part of the melody or an entire melody is copied exactly by another instrument.
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| show | The main melody of a composition is played more than once.
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| Ostinato | show 🗑
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| show | A fragment or motif that is repeated at different pitches.
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| show | The frilly bits added to a melody to make it sound more interesting.
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| Improvisation | show 🗑
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| show | A musical sentence. Contains pat or all of the melody.
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| Motif | show 🗑
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| Fragment | show 🗑
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| Range | show 🗑
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| show | The distance between two pitches.
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| show | The shape of the melody. It can be ascending or descending and it can move in steps, skips and leaps. This is a good one to draw.
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| Types of Melody | show 🗑
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| Counter Melody | show 🗑
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| Call and Response | show 🗑
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| Question and Answer | show 🗑
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| Cannon | show 🗑
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| show | Most compositions rebased on one pitch acts as a "home".
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| Harmony (modulation) | show 🗑
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| Harmony (chords) | show 🗑
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| show | The name of a pattern of chords.
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| show | The rate the music moves from one chord to the next.
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| show | Perfect Cadence, Plagal Cadence, Interrupted Cadence, Imperfect Cadence.
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| Consonant Harmony | show 🗑
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| show | Unpleasant to hear.
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| show | What is Happening?
Where is it Happening?
Why is it important and how?
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