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The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called
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Pitch
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In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a
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Tone
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The distance in pitch between any two tones is called
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An interval
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Which of the following is not a double reed instrument?oboe, clarinet, bassoon, english horn
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Clarinet
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Which of the following is not a brass instrument?cornet, french horn, euphonium, english horn
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English horn
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The ______ is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
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Beat
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The element of music defined as the ordered flow of music through time or more specifically, the particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music
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Rhythm
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The organization of beats into regular groups
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Meter
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When a accent occurs on an unexpected beat the effect is known as
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Syncopation
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In musical notation, silence is indicated by
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Rests
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In a musical time signature, the upper number tells
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How many beats fall in a measure
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Melody may be defined as
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A series of single notes which add up to a recognizable whole
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A consonance is a combination of tones that
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Is considered stable and restful
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A combination of tones that is considered unstable and tense is called a
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Dissonance
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The texture of a singles melodic line without accompaniment is
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Monophonic
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