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| Rhythm | the organization of musical movement in rexpect to time |
| Beat | a steady pulse in the music |
| Tempo | how fast or slow the beat of the music occurs |
| Accent | a strong emphasis of a beat |
| Meter | the grouping of beats into units of twos, threes, fours or more by accenting the first beat of each unit, creating a repetitive pattern of strong (accented) and weak beats. |
| Duple Meter | repeated pattern of beats "STRONG-weak" |
| Triple Meter | repeated pattern of beats "STRONG-weak-weak" |
| Quadruple Meter | repeated pattern of beats "STRONG-weak-Mild-weak" |
| Subdivision | dividing the beat into smaller units |
| Duple Subdivision | dividing the beat in two |
| Triple Subdivision | dividing the beat in three |
| Syncopation | a rhythmic effect which places emphasis (accent) on a weak or usually unaccented beat |
| Polyrhythm | Layers of various rhythms performed together |
| Melody | a series of tones set to rhythm which form a musical line |
| Pitch | the highness or lowness of a tone |
| Melodic Rhythm | the rhythm of a particular melody |
| Contour | the shape of a melody |
| Melodic Range | how high and low a melody goes |
| Motive | a short distinct melodic-rhythmic pattern that is repeated |
| Harmony | two or more tones sounding at the same time |
| Chord | a comination of three or more tones sounded together |
| Tonality | the relationship of a melody and its harmonie to a central tone (DO) as in DO-RE-ME-FA-SOL-LA-TI-DO. |
| Major Tonality | creates harmonies that are generally hapy and pleasant |
| Minor Tonality | create harmonies that are generally sad, mysterious and spooky |
| Texture | the way sound is layered together in music |
| Monophony | one single melodic line with no harmonic accompaniment |
| Homophony | a predominant melodic line with harmonic accompaniment |
| Polyphony | two or more melodic lines occuring at the same time |
| Dynamics | the volume of the music. how loud or soft the music is. |
| Timbre | the tone quality of the sound being produced |
| Form | the organization structure of a piece of music (as a result of changes in some or all of the musical elements) |
