Chapter 7 World Music

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What term designates arrangements of music transferred from one medium to another?

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Transcriptions

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What word refers to the director of an orchestra, choir, or other performing group?

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Conductor

Front

What term is used to describe vertical blocks of different tones that sound simultaneously?

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Harmony

Front

What word means the free treatment of tempo within a musical phrase?

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Rubato

Front

What is an extended work for orchestra with several contrasting movements called?

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Symphony

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What term refers to a sequence of eight pitches built on the pattern of one whole (w) step, one half (h) step, two whole steps, one half step, and two whole steps?

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Minor Scale

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What term is used to refer to an aspect of music that controls the listener's sense of how much time has passed?

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"Felt" Time

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What is a musical form in which a melodic idea is stated then varied in a succession of statements?

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Theme and Variations

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What term refers to a musician who reworks existing musical material?

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Arranger

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What is it called when harmonies are built on the first (DO), fourth (FA), and fifth (SOL) degrees of the scale?

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Primary Chords