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Pitch
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Highness or lowness of a sound because of it's frequency
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Dynamics
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Level of sound - volume
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Tone Color
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Timbre - examples are full or soft - refers to the general quality of the sound
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Rhythm
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Organization of music and time - long and short notes
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Beat
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Pulse in music - basic unit of measurement for time in music
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Accent
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Some beats are more emphatic than others- accented beats are strong and unaccented are weak
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Meter
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Recurrence (pattern) of strong and weak beats
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Syncopation
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Strongly emphasized note that occurs not on the beat - displaced accents
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Tempo
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How fast or slow (speed)
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Polyrhythm
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Dissimilar rhythms happening on top of each other and sometimes lining up with eachother
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Scale
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Diatonic - 7 pitches (white keys)
Chromatic - 12 pitches (white and black keys)
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Interval
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Difference or distance between any 2 pitches
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Octave
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Cycle of notes (ex A to A)
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Melody
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Organized series of pitches
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Theme
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Long melody with structure
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