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Music Genres & Instruments

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Music genres and the instruments that define them.

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  1. 1Music theory
    The study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music
  2. 2Three interrelated uses of the term 'music theory'
    Rudiments (notation), study of scholarly views, and defining processes and general principles in music
  3. 3Pitch
    The lowness or highness of a tone, measured by frequency
  4. 4What frequency is Concert A typically tuned to today?
    440 Hz
  5. 5Interval in music
    The difference in pitch between two notes
  6. 6Octave
    Two pitches that are either double or half the frequency of one another
  7. 7Chromatic scale
    A series of twelve pitches within an octave, where the interval between adjacent tones is a semitone or half step
  8. 8Semitone
    Also called a half step, the interval between adjacent tones in a chromatic scale
  9. 9Major scale
    A seven-toned scale with a specific pattern of whole and half steps, one of the most commonly encountered scales
  10. 10Pentatonic scale
    A five-tone scale common in folk music and blues
  11. 11Equal temperament
    The tuning system most commonly used today where the octave is equally divided into twelve parts, allowing instruments to sound acceptably in tune in all keys
  12. 12Key signature
    An indication at the beginning of a composition that designates the pitches that make up the scale used
  13. 13Transposition
    Moving music from one scale to another for various purposes, often to accommodate a vocalist's range
  14. 14Circle of fifths
    A convenient representation of the interrelationship of the keys most commonly used in Western tonal music
  15. 15Consonance
    A feeling that an interval or chord is stable, harmonious, or complete
  16. 16Dissonance
    A feeling that the interval or chords are incomplete, clashing, or unresolved
  17. 17Which intervals are considered consonant in western music?
    Perfect fourths, fifths, octaves, and all major and minor thirds and sixths
  18. 18Rhythm
    The sequential arrangement of sounds and silences in time
  19. 19Meter in music
    A measurement of music in regular pulse groupings, called measures or bars
  20. 20What does a time signature specify?
    How many beats are in a measure, and which value of written note is counted as a single beat
  21. 21Syncopation
    Rhythm that contradicts conventions by accenting unexpected parts of the beat
  22. 22Polyrhythm
    Playing simultaneous rhythms in more than one time signature
  23. 23Melody
    A group of sounds in succession, a tune, or an arrangement
  24. 24Basic elements of melody
    Pitch, duration, rhythm, and tempo
  25. 25Chord
    Any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously
  26. 26Triad
    A chord consisting of three distinct notes, the most frequently encountered type of chord
  27. 27Seventh chord
    A chord with an additional note added to a triad, creating a chord of four notes
  28. 28Most common chord qualities
    Major, minor, augmented, and diminished
  29. 29Chord progression
    A series of chords played in sequence
  30. 30Harmony
    The use of simultaneous pitches, tones, notes, or chords

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