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| octave | an interval between two pitches that sound very much alike |
| accent | note more heavily stressed than those around it; The most often note like this is the downbeat of a particular measure. |
| voices | The standard voice types, from highest to lowest, are: (female) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto; (male) tenor, baritone and bass. |
| melody | In general, a succession of musical tones. It represents the linear or horizontal aspect of music |
| double stop | Playing two notes simultaneously on a string instrument |
| mute | Mechanical device used to muffle the sound of an instrument |
| harmonies | use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords |
| beat | what you respond to when you are tapping your feet, clapping your hands, or even dancing. This is a regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time |
| tempo | the speed of the beat of the pace of the music |
| syncopation | a rhythm is like this when accented notes are placed between rather than on the beat. |
| legato | Smooth, connected |
| arpeggio | A term used to describe the pitches of a chord as they are sung or played one after the other, rather than simultaneously |
| consonance | Intervallic relationships which produce sounds of repose. Frequently associated with octave, third and sixth intervals; however, fourths and fifths may be sounds of consonance, as in both early and 20th-century music. |
| triad | A chord of three tones arranged in thirds, e.g. the C-major triad c-e-g, root-third-fifth |
| key signature | The sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the staff to denote the scale upon which the music is based |
| homophony | is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. |
| polyphony | parts move with rhythmic independence |
| monophony | all parts (if there are multiple parts) move in parallel rhythm and pitch. |
