Ap Music Theory Chapter 1 Vocab

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Vibration
The periodic, repeating motion of a substance.
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Frequency
The number of compression-rarefaction cycles that occur in one second.
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The Four Properties of Sound
Pitch, intensity, duration, and timbre.
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Pitch
The highness or lowness of a sound.
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Tone
A musical sound with a definite pitch.
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Intensity
The loudness or softness of a sound.
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Duration
The length of time a pitch or tone is sounded.
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Meter
Regularly recurring pulses of equal duration, grouped into patterns with certain pulses accented.
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Rhythm
The pattern and movement of sounds and silences through time.
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Timbre
The tone quality or color of a sound.
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Harmonic Series
The collection of pitches produced simultaneously by a vibrating body.
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Partials
The individual pitches produced simultaneously by the vibrating sections of a body; also called harmonics.
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Notation of Pitch
The system used to represent the highness or lowness of tones.
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Staff
Five equally spaced horizontal lines on which music is written.
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Letter Names
The first seven letters of the alphabet used to identify pitches: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
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Clef
A symbol placed at the beginning of a staff that establishes the letter names of its lines and spaces.
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Treble Clef (G Clef)
A clef that identifies the second line of the staff as G.
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Bass Clef (F Clef)
A clef derived from the letter F that identifies the fourth line of the staff as F.
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Grand Staff
The treble and bass staves joined together.
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Octave Identification
A system used to identify a specific pitch by the octave in which it appears.
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Accidentals
Symbols placed to the left of a notehead that raise or lower its pitch.
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Interval
The relationship or distance between two tones.
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Enharmonic Equivalents
Tones that have the same pitch but different letter names.
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Half-Step Motion
Movement from one pitch to the nearest pitch above or below it.
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Notation of Duration
The use of notes to represent sounds and rests to represent silences.
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Tie
A curved line connecting two adjacent notes of the same pitch, creating one sound equal to the sum of both note values.
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Dot
A mark placed to the right of a note that adds half of the note’s original value.
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Irregular Division of Notes
Dividing or subdividing a note value into an unusual number of equal parts.
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Meter Signature
A symbol that indicates a regular, recurring pattern of strong and weak beats.
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Simple Meter
A meter in which each beat divides into two equal parts; common upper numbers are 2, 3, and 4.
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Compound Meter
A meter in which each beat divides into three equal parts; common upper numbers are 6, 9, and 12.
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Duple Meter
A meter containing two main beats in each measure.
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Triple Meter
A meter containing three main beats in each measure.
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Quadruple Meter
A meter containing four main beats in each measure.
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Asymmetrical Meter
A meter whose beats cannot be divided into equal groups of only two, three, or four; common upper numbers are 5 and 7.
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Syncopation
Accenting a beat or part of a beat that is normally unstressed.
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Dynamic Markings
Symbols or words that indicate the general volume or intensity of music.
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Neumatic Notation
An early system used from approximately 650 to 1200 that represented music with symbols called neumes.
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Mensural Notation
A 13th-century measured notation system that represented both pitch and duration.
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Present Notation
Our modern notation system, which gradually developed from 13th-century mensural notation.
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Franco of Cologne
The 13th-century theorist whose treatise De Musica Mensurabili established fundamental rules of modern notation.
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Brevis and Semibrevis
Early note values that developed into the modern breve and whole note.
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Vibration
The periodic, repeating motion of a substance.
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Frequency
The number of compression-rarefaction cycles that occur in one second.
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The Four Properties of Sound
Pitch, intensity, duration, and timbre.
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Pitch
The highness or lowness of a sound.
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Tone
A musical sound with a definite pitch.
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Intensity
The loudness or softness of a sound.
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Duration
The length of time a pitch or tone is sounded.
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Timbre
The tone quality or color of a sound.
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Harmonic Series
The collection of pitches produced simultaneously by a vibrating body.
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Partials
The individual pitches produced simultaneously by the vibrating sections of a body; also called harmonics.
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Notation of Pitch
The system used to represent the highness or lowness of tones.
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Staff
Five equally spaced horizontal lines on which music is written.
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Letter Names
The first seven letters of the alphabet used to identify pitches: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
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Clef
A symbol placed at the beginning of a staff that establishes the letter names of its lines and spaces.
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Treble Clef (G Clef)
A clef that identifies the second line of the staff as G.
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Bass Clef (F Clef)
A clef derived from the letter F that identifies the fourth line of the staff as F.
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Grand Staff
The treble and bass staves joined together.
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Octave Identification
A system used to identify a specific pitch by the octave in which it appears.
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Accidentals
Symbols placed to the left of a notehead that raise or lower its pitch.
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Interval
The relationship or distance between two tones.
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Enharmonic Equivalents
Tones that have the same pitch but different letter names.
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Half-Step Motion
Movement from one pitch to the nearest pitch above or below it.
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Notation of Duration
The use of notes to represent sounds and rests to represent silences.
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Tie
A curved line connecting two adjacent notes of the same pitch, creating one sound equal to the sum of both note values.
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Dot
A mark placed to the right of a note that adds half of the note's original value.
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Irregular Division of Notes
Dividing or subdividing a note value into an unusual number of equal parts.
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Rhythm
The pattern and movement of sounds and silences through time.
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Meter
Regularly recurring pulses of equal duration, grouped into patterns with certain pulses accented.
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Meter Signature
A symbol that indicates a regular, recurring pattern of strong and weak beats.
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Simple Meter
A meter in which each beat divides into two equal parts. Common upper numbers are 2, 3, and 4.
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Compound Meter
A meter in which each beat divides into three equal parts. Common upper numbers are 6, 9, and 12.
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Duple Meter
A meter containing two main beats in each measure.
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Triple Meter
A meter containing three main beats in each measure.
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Quadruple Meter
A meter containing four main beats in each measure.
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Asymmetrical Meter
A meter whose beats cannot be divided into equal groups of only two, three, or four. Common upper numbers are 5 and 7.
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Syncopation
Accenting a beat or part of a beat that is normally unstressed.
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Dynamic Markings
Symbols or words that indicate the general volume or intensity of music.
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Neumatic Notation
An early system used from approximately 650 to 1200 that represented music with symbols called neumes.
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Mensural Notation
A measured notation system developed during the 13th century that represented both pitch and duration.
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Present Notation
Our modern notation system, which gradually developed from 13th-century mensural notation.
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Franco of Cologne
The 13th-century theorist whose treatise De Musica Mensurabili established fundamental rules of modern notation.
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Brevis and Semibrevis
Early note values that developed into the modern breve and whole note.