pitch: The highness or lowness of a tone produced by a single frequency.polyphony: Layers of different melodic and rhythmic activity within a single
piece of music.polytonality: The simultaneous use of material from different keys.quaver: Also called an eighth note or eighth rest.refrain: A periodically recurring section of music and/or text.rest: Symbol used to notate a period of silence.retrograde: A restatement of notes in the reverse order in which they
originally appeared.rhythm:The notation of time in music through the use of symbols and
patterns.rondo: A musical form that is divided into five or seven parts with reoccurring
refrains: ABACA, ABACABA.scale: A series of notes in ascending or descending order that presents the
pitches of a key, beginning and ending on the tonic of that key.score:A printed version of a piece of music.simple time: A time signature in which the accented beats of each measure
are divisible by two, as in 4/4 time.solo: An entire composition or section within a composition for a single
performer.song: A musical composition in which vocals are used.staff:Five horizontal, parallel lines, containing four spaces between them, on
which notes and rests are written.syncopation:A deliberate disruption of the two- or three-beat stress pattern,
most often by stressing an off-beat, or a note that is not on the beat.tablature: A system of notation that indicates pitches by numbers or letters
rather than notes. Generally used for guitar and bass guitar.tempo:The rate or speed of the beat in a piece of music.Appendix B: Glossary 315
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