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| 7971909672 | Passing tone | Approached by step and then continues by step in the same direction |  | 0 |
| 7971909673 | Neighboring tone | Approached by step and then returns by step to the original note |  | 1 |
| 7971909674 | Accented neighboring tone | A neighbor tone that occurs within the second chord | 2 | |
| 7971909675 | Anticipation | Approached by step and then remains the same | 3 | |
| 7971909676 | Escape tone | Approached by step in them skips in the opposite direction |  | 4 |
| 7971909677 | Appoggiatura | Approached by skip and then steps in the opposite direction |  | 5 |
| 7971909678 | Suspension | Keeps a note the same and then steps downward | 6 | |
| 7971909679 | Retardation | Keeps a note the same and then steps upward | 7 | |
| 7971909680 | Changing tones | To non-harmonic times in succession like a double neighbor tone or neighbor group |  | 8 |
| 7971909681 | Perfect authentic cadence | Goes from V to I, root position, highest note of the I chord must be the root |  | 9 |
| 7971909682 | Imperfect authentic cadence | Goes from diminished vii to I, the V chord is inverted, OR the highest note of the I chord is not the root |  | 10 |
| 7971909683 | Deceptive cadence | Goes from V chord to any chord besides a I chord |  | 11 |
| 7971909684 | Half cadence | Goes from any chord to a V |  | 12 |
| 7971909685 | Major scale circle progressions | I> IV> vii dim> iii> vi> ii> V> I | 13 | |
| 7971909686 | Minor scale circle progressions | i> iv> VII> III> VI> ii dim> v> i | 14 | |
| 7971909687 | Motive | A short melody | 15 | |
| 7971909688 | Theme | A long motif | 16 | |
| 7971909689 | Antecedent | Question | 17 | |
| 7971909690 | Consequent | Answer | 18 | |
| 7971909691 | Period | Antecedent and consequent together | 19 | |
| 7971909692 | Parallel period | Similar periods | 20 | |
| 7971909693 | Contrasting period | More different periods | 21 | |
| 7971909694 | Double period | The question is doubled and answer is doubled | 22 | |
| 7971909695 | Retrograde | Backwards | 23 | |
| 7971909696 | Elision (phase elision) | 2 phrases are connected (overlap) | 24 | |
| 7971909697 | Fragmentation | Segmenting the phrase | 25 | |
| 7971909698 | Internal expansion | Make the inside of phrase larger but beginning and end are same | 26 | |
| 7971909699 | Motivic transformation | Rhythmic alteration | 27 | |
| 7971909700 | Thematic transformation | Any change | 28 | |
| 7971909701 | Truncation | Cutting off | 29 | |
| 7971909702 | Diatonic | In the key (major or minor scale) | 30 | |
| 7971909703 | Chromatic | Using accidentals, notes not in key | 31 | |
| 7971909704 | Picardy third | Minor piece with the last chord in major | 32 | |
| 7971909705 | Resolution | Moving to a pleasant sound | 33 | |
| 7971909706 | Common practice style | From Bach to Brahams | 34 | |
| 7971909707 | Rondo | Aaaba Bcdcc A; ABA; ABACA; ABACABA | 35 | |
| 7971909708 | Cadential extension | Delaying the cadence by adding material | 36 | |
| 7971909709 | Coda | An ending (any length) | 37 | |
| 7971909710 | Codetta | A small coda (end of sonata, perfect cadence at end) | 38 | |
| 7971909711 | Stanza | Same music, different lyrics | 39 | |
| 7971909712 | Strophic | AAA (same music each verse) | 40 | |
| 7971909713 | Refrain or chorus | Repeated section (same lyrics) | 41 | |
| 7971909714 | Verse | New lyrics each time | 42 | |
| 7971909715 | Bridge | A contrasting section to the verse or chorus | 43 | |
| 7971909716 | Turnaround | A chord progression that brings you back to the beginning (M6, m2, 5, 1) | 44 | |
| 7971909717 | Song form | AABA | 45 | |
| 7971909718 | Twelve-bar blues | I, I, I, I, IV, IV, I, I, V, IV, I, I | 46 | |
| 7971909719 | Lead sheet | A piece of music with chords, lyrics, and melody | 47 | |
| 7971909720 | Rhythm section | Piano, bass, drums,sometimes guitar | 48 | |
| 7971909721 | Binary | AABB | 49 | |
| 7971909722 | Rounded binary | ABA with B being similar to A | 50 | |
| 7971909723 | Ternary | ABA with B contrasting A | 51 | |
| 7971909724 | Through-composed | No repeats | 52 | |
| 7971909725 | Theme & vaiation | Each new statement of the theme is a little varied | 53 | |
| 7971909726 | Phrygian half | In a minor key, goes from iv^6 to V | 54 | |
| 7971909727 | Conclusive cadence | Anything going to I (major or minor) | 55 | |
| 7971909728 | Inconclusive cadence | Anything not going to I | 56 | |
| 7971909729 | Predominant function | Whatever chord comes before V (resolves) | 57 | |
| 7971909730 | Circle of fifths | A chord progression moving down a fifth each time | 58 | |
| 7971909731 | Retrogression | A chord progression moving further than I on a circle of fifths | 59 | |
| 7971909732 | Deceptive progression | 60 |
