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AP Music Theory Latest Update Graded A+ What term is used to describe the performance style or mood conveyed by a piece of music? Character What is the term for a musical passage where the same rhythm is applied to different notes? Hemiola What term refers to a brief musical passage...

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What term is used to describe the performance style or mood conveyed by a piece of music?


✔✔ Character




What is the term for a musical passage where the same rhythm is applied to different notes?


✔✔ Hemiola




What term refers to a brief musical passage that introduces a theme or musical idea?


✔✔ Introduction




What term describes a form where a theme is stated and then contrasted with a different section?


✔✔ Binary form




What is the term for a section of music that recurs at regular intervals throughout a composition?


✔✔ Refrain




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,What is the term for the process of changing the tonality of a musical passage?


✔✔ Modulation




What term refers to a note that is added to a chord to create a richer harmonic sound?


✔✔ Added tone




What is the term for a melodic or harmonic note that is played at a higher or lower pitch than

expected?


✔✔ Appogiatura




What term is used to describe the relationship between two or more different keys in a

composition?


✔✔ Tonal harmony




What is the term for the speed at which a piece of music is played?


✔✔ Tempo




What term describes the volume at which music is played?


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,✔✔ Dynamics




What is the term for a melody that is repeated at a higher or lower pitch?


✔✔ Sequence




What term refers to the grouping of beats into regular patterns?


✔✔ Meter




What is the term for the key note in a piece of music that provides the sense of tonal center?


✔✔ Tonic




What term refers to the organization of pitches in a musical composition?


✔✔ Harmony




What term is used to describe the shape or direction of a melody?


✔✔ Contour




What is the term for the interval between two notes that are eight steps apart?

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, ✔✔ Octave




What term is used to describe a gradual increase in volume?


✔✔ Crescendo




What is the term for the distance between two notes, measured in pitch?


✔✔ Interval




What term describes a smooth and connected style of playing?


✔✔ Legato




What is the term for a musical texture where one melody is played against a single

accompaniment?


✔✔ Homophony




What is the term for a note that is sustained for a longer duration than usual?


✔✔ Fermata




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