MUS2310- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 15 pages long!)
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It also refers to the sound of completion. Octave an interval between two notes, often times, two of the same notes. Usually an interval from a white key to the closest black. Tonality refers to a system of hierarchial pitches. Dissonance - (cid:498)ruffles the cochlea(cid:499) ; sounds that don"t sound well together. Consonance (cid:498)peaceful(cid:499) ; sounds that sound well together. Syncopation when the rhythm works against the meter / metre. Meter/metre the grouping of notes, either duple or triple. The following diagram is a representation of the piano keyboard with two octaves of available pitches. The plus signs show black keys, and the hyphens unite white keys with no black key between them; a plus sign denotes a whole tone, the hyphen a semitone. C + d + e-f + g + a + b-c do re mi fa sol la ti do.