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- 2. A musical texture involving a single melodic line, as in Gregorian chant
- 6. A musical texture that involves only one melody of real interest, combined with chords or other subsidiary sounds
- 8. Intervals or chords that sound relatively tense and unstable
- 9. The blend of the various sounds and melodic lines occurring simultaneously in a piece of music
- 11. The regular pulse underlying most music; the lowest unit of meter
- 17. The difference or distance between two pitches, measured by the number of diatonic scale notes between them
- 18. In musical notation, a sign indicating that the note it precedes is to be played a half step higher
- 20. The simultaneous sounding of different pitches, or chords
- 21. A note half the length of a whole note
- 23. The longest note in normal use, and the basis of the duration of shorter notes
- 25. a system where every note of a scale is given its own unique syllable, which is used to sing that note every time it appears. There are seven basic syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti.
- 27. Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the staff to indicate the key, and applied throughout an entire piece, in every measure and in every octave
- 28. The entire notation of a line of music for all the parts and voices involved, presented in a group of two or more staves which are joined together by a vertical bar and a brace at the left side.
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- 1. Intervals or chords that sound relatively stable and free of tension
- 3. A background of stressed and unstressed beats in a simple, regular, repeating pattern
- 4. 1. A sound of a certain defined pitch and duration 2. The written sign for such a sound in musical notation
- 5. The aspect of music having to do with the duration of the notes in time; also applied to any particular durational pattern
- 7. In musical notation, the numbers on the staff at the beginning of a piece that indicate the meter
- 10. A note one-eighth the length of a whole note
- 12. In music, the unit of meter, consisting of a principal strong beat and one or more weaker ones.
- 13. Musical texture in which two or more melodic lines are played or sung simultaneously
- 14. A note one-quarter the length of a whole note
- 15. In musical notation, a sign indicating that the note it precedes is to be played a half step lower
- 16. The group of 5 (or 4 for chant) horizontal lines on which music is written
- 19. The quality of “highness” or “lowness” of sound
- 22. A sign at the beginning of the staff indicating the pitches of the lines and spaces
- 24. The interval between a pair of “duplicating” notes, eight notes apart in the diatonic scale
- 26. A momentary silence in music; in musical notation, a sign indicating a momentary silence