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The study of all aspects of human culture, including music.
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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A gradual increase in volume.
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CRESCENDO
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A gradual decrease in volume.
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DECRESCENDO
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A sound with a dominating frequency level.
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DEFINITE PITCH
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A continuous sound.
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DRONE
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The unconscious assumption that one's own cultural background is "normal," while others are "strange" or "exotic."
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ETHNOCENTRISM
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The scholarly study of any music within its contemporary context.
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ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
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The study of orally transmitted folk knowledge and culture.
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FOLKLORE
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A regular pulsation.
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BEAT
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Simultaneous soundings of three or more pitches.
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CHORD
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Classification referring collectively to the four types of stringed instruments: lutes, zithers, harps, lyres.
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CHORDOPHONE
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The volume of a musical sound.
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DYNAMICS
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Classification that refers to instruments that require electricity to produce sound, such as the synthesizer.
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ELECTROPHONE
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Underlying structure of a musical performance.
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FORM
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Classification encompassing instruments that themselves vibrate to produce sound, such as rattles, bells, and various other kinds of percussion.
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IDIOPHONE
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