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Music Theory Terms 1

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show if the staff has to be extended a little bit this is done by _______  
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show the act of changing the pitches of a musical work, but not altering the relationship; exists to make it easier to play on an assigned instrument  
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show the distance from a white key to a neighboring black key on the piano; also called a half step or a half tone  
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A4   show
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transposing instruments   show
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triatic intervals   show
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show the note on which the scale begins (C minor scale C=root); bottom note in a triad (most compact), top note in an inversion  
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inversion   show
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1/2 step (half step)   show
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show a half step with one letter name; uses accidentals  
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diatonic half step/ minor second (m2)   show
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show B-C, E-F (no black key between the notes)  
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whole step   show
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"The Law"   show
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L in "The Law"   show
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show Analysis  
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show Write  
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show 4 different pitch classes  
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show W W H(m2) ^  
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show notes that sound the same as one another but are named or “spelled” differently  
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show the first note (degree) of any diatonic (e.g., major or minor) scale  
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show while the scale degrees for the first six notes are the same for both major and minor scales, the seventh one is special. If the seventh note is a half step below the tonic, it is called a ___________  
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show something poorly named  
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show gather all natural accidentals in the beginning of a staff  
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show a broken chord, or a chord in which individual notes are struck one by one, rather than all together at once  
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show the relationship between 2 notes is defined by numerical size and quality  
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numerical size   show
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perfect intervals   show
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show 2,3,6,7  
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show order of flats (left to right), and sharps (right to left)  
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