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Pitch
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Relative highness/lowness
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Tone
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Sound that has a definite pitch
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Interval
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"Distance" in pitch between any 2 notes
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Dynamics
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Loudness/Soffness
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Pianissimo
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Very SoftPP
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Piano
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SoftP
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Mezzo Piano
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Moderately softMP
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Mezzo Forte
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Moderately loudMF
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Forte
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LoudF
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Fortissimo
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Very loudFF
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Timbre
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Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument/voice from another.
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Pizzicato
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Means of playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked
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Beat
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Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
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Meter
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Organization of beats into regular groups
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Synchopation
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Accenting of a note at an unexpected time as between two beats
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