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| 98318343 | alla breve | a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure | |
| 98318344 | anacrusis | a note that occurs before a downbeat or upbeat | |
| 98318345 | hemiola | metric device where rhythmic relations of 3 notes occurs in the time of 2 | |
| 98318346 | syncopation | a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat | |
| 98318347 | tonic | 1-the note on which the scale is built | |
| 98318348 | supertonic | 2-above the tonic | |
| 98318349 | mediant | 3-halfway between tonic and dominant | |
| 98318350 | subdominant | 4-fifth below tonic | |
| 98318351 | dominant | 5-pitch dominating tonality, perfect 5th above tonic | |
| 98318352 | submediant | 6-median pitch, in between lower dominant and tonic | |
| 98318353 | subtonic | 7-one whole step below tonic | |
| 98318354 | leading tone | 7-leads upwards towards resolution in the tonic | |
| 98318355 | blues scale | seven note scale that skips the 2nd and 6th degree but includes the flatted 5th and the 5th | |
| 98318356 | ionian(major) | whole whole half whole whole whole half | |
| 98318357 | harmonic minor | 7th degree of minor is raised both ascending and descending, everything else like minor(whwwhww) | |
| 98318358 | melodic minor | start with minor pentachord, then raise both 6th and 7th degree going up, natural minor going down | |
| 98318359 | ionian | major scale | |
| 98318360 | dorian | natural minor plus sharp 6 | |
| 98318361 | phrygian | natural minor plus flat 2 | |
| 98318362 | lydian | major plus sharp 4 | |
| 98318363 | mixolydian | major plus flat 7 | |
| 98318364 | aeolian | natural minor | |
| 98318365 | locrian | major plus flat 2, flat 5 | |
| 98318366 | octatonic scale | alternates whoe step with half step intervals | |
| 98318367 | consonant interval | p1,p5,p8,M3, m3, M6,m6 | |
| 98318368 | dissonant interval | M2, m2, M7, m7 | |
| 98318369 | perfect intervals | built from tonic up to notes in major scale-p1,p4,p5,p8 | |
| 98318370 | major intervals | M2, M3, M6, M7 | |
| 98318371 | tritone | augmented 4th | |
| 98318372 | augmented triad | M3 plus A5 | |
| 98318373 | diminished triad | m3 plus dim5 | |
| 98318374 | major triad | M3 plus P5 | |
| 98318375 | minor triad | m3 plus P5 | |
| 98318376 | first inversion | root of chord in bass-6 | |
| 98318377 | 2nd inversion | 3rd of chord in bass-6/4 | |
| 98318378 | major minor 7th chord | M3, m3, M3 | |
| 98318379 | major minor 7th | M3, m3,m3 | |
| 98318380 | minor 7th | m3,M3,m3 | |
| 98318381 | Diminished minor(half diminished th) | m3, m3, M3 | |
| 98318382 | Diminished Diminished 7th | m3, m3, m3 | |
| 98318383 | perfect authentic cadence | A progression from (V to I in major keys) and (V to i in minor keys). *Both chords must be in root position* *Strongest cadence from the standpoint of finality* *The tonic note must be the highest sounding pitch in the tonic triad* | |
| 98318384 | imperfect authentic cadence | type of cadence, slightly weaker than PAC due to either: highest sounding tone is something other than tonic, diminished seven chord is substituted for V, or one or both of the chords (V or I) is inverted | |
| 98318385 | half cadence | A cadence which ends with the V chord | |
| 98318386 | phrygian half cadence | A half cadence from iv to V in a minor key | |
| 98318387 | plagal cadence | The last two chords of a phrase when they are IV-I |
