A series of tones arranged from low to high or high to low.
What is a scale?
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The distance between the highest and lowest tones an instrument or voice can produce.
What is pitch range (range)?
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An instrument that has many sets of pipes controlled from several keyboards, including a pedal keyboard.
What is a pipe organ?
200
The organization of beats in regular groupings.
What is meter?
200
Three OR more notes sounded at the same time.
What is a chord?
200
Changing keys in the middle of a composition.
What is a modulation?
300
Another term is tone color.
What is timbre?
300
The trombone is categorized as this type of instrument.
What is brass?
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Tempo indication for "a walking pace"
What is andante?
300
The second most important chord in a progression.
What is the dominant chord?
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Refers to a central tone, scale, and chord.
What is key?
400
The relative highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
400
Type of reed used to play the oboe, bassoon, or english horn.
What is a double reed?
400
Meter with regular groupings of 3 beats.
What is triple meter?
400
The lowest tone in a chord is called this.
What is the root?
400
The interval pattern for the major scale (whole steps/half steps).
What is wwhwwwh?
500
The Italian term for moderately soft.
What is mezzo piano?
500
When the string player produces a throbbing, expressive tone by rocking the left hand while pressing the string down. This causes small pitch fluctuations that make the tone warmer.
What is vibrato?
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Italian term used to indicate a gradual increase in the tempo.
What is accellerando?
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This chord in a major chord progression is diminished.
What is the vii diminished chord?
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The interval pattern for the minor scale (whole/half steps).