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177623183The first scale degreetonic
1776231842nd scale degreesupertonic
1776231853rd scale degreemedient
1776231864th scale degreesub dominant
1776231875th scale degreedominant
1776231886th scale degreesubmedient
1776231897th scale degreeleading tone
177623190a triad consisting of 2 Major 3rdsaugmented
177623191a triad consisting of 2 minor 3rdsdiminished
177623192double this note in a root position chorddouble the root
177623193double this note in a 1st inversion chordbass or soprano
177623194motive or motifshort melodic fragment
177623195motivic developmenttechnique (e.g. repetition) used to expand a motive into a longer musical statement
177623196write the motive backwardsretrogression
177623197reverse the intervals in a motiveinterval inversion
177623198duple compound meter6/8
177623199triple compound meter9/8
177623200triple simple meter3/8
177623201duple simple meter2/2
177623202quadruple simple meter4/4
177623203asymmetrical meterthe beats of the measure cannot be divided evenly
177623204compound meter (definition)unit beat is evenly divisible by 3 instead of 2
177623205simple meter (definition)unit beat is evenly divisible by 2
177623206V/V in c minorD,F#,A,C
177623207V7/ii in A-flatF,A,C,E-flat
177623208V/iii in GF#, A#, C#
177623209V7/V in C#D#, Fx, A#, Cx
177632234vii/V in dG#,B, D, F
177640901pan-triadicany triad can progress to any other triad
177640902polychordstwo different chords sounding simultaneously
177640903quartal harmonyharmony built on P4 or P5 interval
177640904serialism20th century technique where one or more aspects of composition are predetermined
177640905whole tone scale built on FF, G, A, B, C#, D#, F
177640906pentatonic scale built on C#C#, D#, E#, G#, A#, C#
177640907hungarian minor scale built on dd, e, f, g#, a, b-flat, C#, d
177646655Perfect Authentic CadenceV-I, or V-i with root in soprano
177646656Imperfect Authentic CadenceV-I, or V-i
177646657Plagal CadenceIV-I, or iv-i
177646658half cadenceIV-V or I-V
177646659deceptive cadenceV-vi, or V-VI
177646660Composer of Pan-triadic techniqueCopland, Bartok, Ives
177646661neopolitan chord in BC, E, G
177646662Name the 4 voice parts in a choralesoprano, alto, tenor, bass
177646663Avoid leaps of this intervaltritone, +4, or dim. 5

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