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280 terms — the building blocks of how music works
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- cadence→
- cadential→
- cadential six-four→
- changes→
- chart→
- chord→
- chord chart→
- chord explained→
- chord progression→
- chord progression explained→
- chromatic→
- chromatic scale→
- chromatic scale explained→
- circle of fifths→
- clave→
- clavé→
- clave pattern→
- clef→
- clef explained→
- cluster chord→
- coloratura soprano→
- common time→
- common tone→
- compas→
- composition→
- compound time→
- consonance→
- consonant→
- contralto→
- contralto explained→
- contrapuntal→
- countermelody→
- counterpoint→
- counterpoint explained→
- countertenor→
- cross-rhythm→
- cut time→
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P
- parallel fifths→
- passing tone→
- pedal point→
- pedal tone→
- pelog→
- pentatonic→
- pentatonic major→
- pentatonic minor→
- pentatonic scale explained→
- phrase→
- Phrygian cadence→
- Phrygian mode→
- Picardy third→
- pitch→
- pitch class→
- pitch explained→
- pivot chord→
- plagal cadence→
- plagal cadence explained→
- polyphony→
- polyrhythm→
- polytonality→
- power chord→
R
S
- sample rate→
- scale→
- scale degree→
- scale explained→
- Schenkerian analysis→
- score→
- second Viennese school→
- secondary dominant→
- semitone→
- sequence→
- serialism→
- set theory→
- sharp→
- shruti→
- sixteenth note→
- slendro→
- solfège→
- sonority→
- soprano→
- soprano explained→
- spectralism→
- spinto→
- staff→
- staff explained→
- stave→
- subdominant→
- sus chord→
- suspended chord→
- suspension→
- syncopation→
T
- tablature→
- tala→
- temperament→
- tempo→
- tempo explained→
- tenor→
- tenor explained→
- tessitura→
- tessitura explained→
- texture→
- texture explained→
- tie→
- timbre→
- timbre explained→
- time→
- time signature→
- time signature explained→
- tone→
- tone cluster→
- tone color melody→
- tone row→
- tonic→
- tonicisation→
- transposition→
- treble→
- tritone→
- tritone substitution→
- tune→
- tuning explained→
- turnaround→
- twelve-tone→