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Winds, Brass, Strings and Percussion refer to the 4 families of
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orchestrial intrusments
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The ___ in music refers to the 5 parrelel lines where the notes sit
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staff
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Forte and piano are example of
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dynamics in music
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The simplest 3 note chord is called
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Triad
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The Piano is a member of the
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percussion famiy of intruments
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A melody sung with only one part and no accompaniment is called
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Monophonic
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A xylophone like instrument with metal bars and an electric motor to obtain vibrato is called
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Vibraphone
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A mechanical device that ticks out beat at any desire rate of speed is called
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metronome
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A tuning sysytem that got perfected in the baroque period that divides the octave into 12 equal parts is
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equal temperament
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The quality or distinct sound of a musical intrsument is referred to as
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Timbre
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When music goes from piano to forte fairly gradually it is called
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Crescendo
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Playing a string instrument with a bow is called
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arco
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Plucking a stringed instrument is called
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Pizzicato
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Monteverdi was a late Renaissance composer credited with inventing
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Baroque opera
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The distance between any 2 notes of music is called an
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Interval
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