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Music Appreciation 103 Terms & Definitions
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- MUS 103
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- William Rainey Harper College
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8/25/2023MUS 103 Definitions
TERM: DEFINITION:
Accompaniment An instrumental or vocal part designed to
support or complement a melody
Alto A member of a family of instruments
having a lower range than that of the
treble or soprano
Choir An organized company of singers
Chord Three or more musical tones sounded
simultaneously
Chromatic A musical scale with twelve pitches, each
a semitone, also known as a half-step,
above or below it’s adjacent pitches
Composition The act of conceiving a piece of music,
the art of creating music, or the finished
product
Improvisation The process of making music
spontaneously, without prior rehearsal
Interval A space of time between events or states
Key The main group of pitches, or notes, that
form the harmonic foundation of a piece
of music
Measure A segment of time within a piece of music
defined by a number of beats
Phrase A sequence of notes that are related to
one another
Realization A musical composition that has been
completed or enriched by someone other
than the composer
Rhythm An ordered recurrent alternation of strong
and weak elements in the flow of sound
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