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Rhythm
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The surface activity of music, based upon duration of musical sounds
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Beat
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The underlying pulse of music
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Tempo
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Refers to the rate of speed of beats
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Metronome
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A mechanical device used to give precise speeds of beats
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Meter
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The organization of beats into groups or patterns
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Measure
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The length of a pattern (meter) of beats
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Bar Lines
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The vertical lines that show where beat patterns begin and end
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Nonmetric
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refers to music that has no strong sense of beat or meter
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Syncopation
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The stressing of normally unstressed beats
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Melody
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The succession of single pitches
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Interval
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The distance between two pitches
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Melodic Structure
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Melodies often mirrors linguistic structure where phrases combine to create sentences
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Melodic Structure
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Melodies often mirror linguistic structure, where phrases combine to create sentences
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Phrase
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A more or less incomplete melodic idea that ends with a cadence
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Cadence
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A resting point in music that occurs at the end of phrases
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