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To stretch something out rhythmically.
What is augmentation.
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The process of taking something in one key and moving it to another.
What is transposition
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Two part form (AB)
What is binary form.
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Very free without specific meter.
What is rubato
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The same syllable sung over multiple notes
What is melismatic
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A song that concludes a longer work.
What is postlude
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Notes that are composed of all half step intervals.
What is chromatic
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Diminished 5th / Augmented 4th.
What is tri-tone
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When chords or intervals sound unpleasant (subjective)
What is dissonance
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The color of a sound (dark, bright, etc)
What is timbre
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Play with your bow (string instruments)
What is arco
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The process of changing keys.
What is modulation.
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An introductory song.
What is a prelude
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Another name for a pick-up measure
What is an anacrusis.
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A constant drone or single pitch that plays under the rest of the song.
What is a pedal tone.
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A specific area of a range (high, middle, low)
What is tessitura?
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When a chord or intervals sound pleasant (subjectively)
What is consonance.
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The implication of a different key (a new tonic)
What is tonicization
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Playing each note in a chord independently.
What is arpeggio
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Notes are within a specific scale.
What is diatonic
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A chord progression that is backwards from a typical progression.
What is retrogression.
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Smooth and connected
What is legato
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A series of two musical phrases, one sounding more complete than the other.
What is a period
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Play by plucking each string (w/o bow)
What is pizzicato.
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A minor piece that ends on a major chord contains this particular interval.
What is a picardy third.
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