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Music Test 1

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order of flats
B E A D G C F
order of sharps
F C G D A E B
speed of music
tempo
loudness/softness of sound
dynamics
gradually faster
accelerando
gradually slower
ritardando
bottom number of time signature
what kind of note to group
top number of time signature
beats per measure
four instrument families
strings, woodwind, bass, percussion
very fast
presto
fast
allegro
very slow
largo
louder
crescendo
softer
decrescendo
loud
forte
soft
piano
layers of sound
texture
many sounds
polyphonic
same sound
homophonic
one sound
monophonic
a key change
modulation
scale made up of only half steps
chromatic scale
the way chords are constructed and how they relate to each other
harmony
a musical sentence
phrase
short, detached
staccato
smooth, connected
legato
a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole
melody
organization of beats into groups
meter
regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
beat
flow of music through time
rhythm
tone color/quality of sound
timbre
highness of lowness of a sound
pitch
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