English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

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Consonant /'kɒns(ə)nənt/ (adj)
harmonious; forming a concord


Crook /krʊk/ (n)
a curved piece of tubing which can be fitted to a wind instrument to change
its pitch


Cut time /kʌt tʌɪm/ (n)
a time signature of 2/2; a common time cut in half


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Degree /dɪ'griː/ (n)
each of the successive notes of a scale; the interval between any two of
these; a position in a musical scale counting upwards from the tonic or
fundamental note


Diatonic /dʌɪə'tɒnɪk/ (adj)
using only the notes proper to one key without chromatic alteration; based
on a scale with five tones and two separated semitones


Diminished /dɪ'mɪnɪʃt/ (adj)
(of an interval) less by a semitone than the corresponding minor or perfect
interval


Dissonant /'dɪs(ə)nənt/ (adj)
inharmonious; forming a dissonance; discordant in sound


Dominant /'dɒmɪnənt/ (n, adj)
the fifth note of the diatonic scale of a key; based on or pertaining to the
dominant

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