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