MUSC 101 Music Fundamentals - Spring 2012

Unit 6 - Terminology

aeolian
basic diatonic scale
beaming and beat unit
beat divisions
borrowed divisions
compound duple meter
compound meter
compound quadruple meter
compound triple meter
counting compound time - method 1
counting compound time - method 2
dorian
first subdivision
hemiola
HWW
ionian
irregular divisions
locrian
lydian
mixolydian
modes
phrygian
primary division
regular divisions
scale
second subdivision
simple meter
syncopation
tetrachord
the four basic tetrachord patterns
time signature
WHW
WWH
WWW

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Revised by John Ellinger, Spring 2012.