Music Exam 1

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Shifting form one key to another within a musical composition
Modulation
Tone COlor, quality of sound
Timbre
Stable combination of tones; points of rest
Consonance
Degrees of loudness and softness in music, intensity of sound
Dynamics
Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole; musical sentence
Phrase/Melody
Distance in pitch between any two tones
Interval
Chord built on the first step of the scale; central key around which a musical composition is organized
Tonic
Progession of chords leading to a feeling of repose at the end of a phrase, musical punctuation mark
Cadence
Repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch
Sequence
Relative highness or lowness of sound; Frequency of vibrations
Pitch
Part of a melody
Phrase
Particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music, ordered flow of music through time
Rhythm
How chords are constructed and follow each other
Harmony
Combination of three or more tones sounded at the same time
Chord
Placing an accent in music where it would not
Syncopation