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pulse
a regularly recurring feeling of stress in music
primary pulse
a pulse that regularly contains greater stress
secondary pulse
a pulse that regularly contains less stress
Meter
the organization of pulses into primary and secondary levels
beat
the duration between successive pulses
measure
the duration between successive primary pulses
duple meter
there are two beats per measure
Rhythm
duration of music
Inctus
the point in each beat of a conducting pattern at which the pulse occurs
downbeat
the first beat of the measure
upbeat
the last beat of a measure
triple meter
there are three beats per measure
pitch
the characteristic of sound we perceive as being higher or lower
Melodic contour
the relative up and down motion of pitches in a melody
tonic
the pitch to which all others seem to want to resolve. First and last note of the scale
sequential
an exercise on which a pitch pattern is repeated
simple meters
the beat is regularly divided in halves
Takadimi
a system of rhythm syllables
quadruple meter
there are four four beats per measure
rest
a duration of silence in music
anacrusis/pickup
any incomplete measure of music before the first downbeat
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