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Music theory

Notes in a chord played in sequence

Articulation (music)

Musical performance technique that affects the transition or continuity on notes

Music that lacks a tonal center or key

Tone of low frequency or range

Melodic and/or harmonic configuration at the end of a phrase, section, or piece of music

Harmonic set of three or more notes

Chord progression

A succession of musical chords

Chromatic scale

Musical scale with twelve pitches separated by semitone intervals

Circle of fifths

Relationship among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale, their corresponding key signatures, and the associated major and minor keys;geometrical representation of relationships among the 12 pitch classes of the chromatic scale in pitch class space

Consonance and dissonance

Categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds

Polyphonic music with separate melodies

Function (music)

Specific, recognized role of each of the 7 tones and their chords in relation to the diatonic key

Harmonic series (music)

Sequence of frequencies

Aspect of music

Interval (music)

Difference in pitch between two notes

Tonic note and chord of a musical piece

Short, constantly recurring musical phrase

Diatonic scale made of seven notes

Linear succession of musical tones in the foreground of a work of music

Aspect of music

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Type of musical scale

Modulation (music)

Change from one tonality (tonic, or tonal center) to another

Short recurring musical phrase

Study of the practices and possibilities of music

Structure or plan of a piece of music

Terms for tuning an instrument and a systems of pitches

Musical note that is functionally not part of the current chord implied by the harmonic framework

Perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high

Register (music)

Range of a musical note, set of pitches, melody, or instrument

Aspect of music

Ascending or descending sequence of musical tones

Arrangements of pitches or chords to induce a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, and attractions

Musical interval

Twelve-tone technique

Musical composition method

Decision-making consideration when arranging voices in musical composition

Voicing (music)

Manner in which one distributes, or spaces, notes and chords among the various instruments or simultaneous vertical placement of notes in relation to each other