Fundamental
Core building blocks of music theory: pitch, rhythm, tonality.
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Aural TrainingfundamentalThe development of musical listening skills including interval recognition and m…BaroquefundamentalThe period of Western art music spanning roughly 1600 to 1750, characterised by …DronefundamentalA sustained or continuously repeated note or chord that sounds throughout a pass…DynamicsfundamentalThe variation in loudness between notes or phrases in a performance.HarmonyfundamentalThe simultaneous combination of pitches to produce chords and chord progressions…KeyfundamentalThe tonal centre that organises a piece of music around a specific note and scal…MelodyfundamentalA sequence of single pitches perceived as a coherent musical line.PitchfundamentalThe perceived highness or lowness of a sound, determined by its frequency.RhythmfundamentalThe pattern of sounds and silences in time.Sight-ReadingfundamentalThe ability to perform a piece of music at first sight without prior practice or…TempofundamentalThe speed at which a piece of music is performed.TexturefundamentalThe way melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic materials are woven together in a compos…TimbrefundamentalThe characteristic quality of a sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice…
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