Music
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Theory and_History_
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From Classical
Music
to Modernism
Theory and_History_
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Music Theory and
History: From
Classical to
Modernism | Study
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Music Theory and History_ From Classical
Music
to Modernism
Theory and_History_
Study Guide.pdf
From Classical
Music
to Modernism
Theory and_History_
Study Guide.pdf
From Classical to Modernism _ Study Guide.pdf
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Half step The smallest distance between two adjacent notes on a piano (white or
black).
Modernism A spirit that took hold in all the arts, in the early 20th century, representing a
quest for novelty that far exceeded any such drive in the past.
Tonality A system of organizing pitches (both melodies and harmonies) around a
central note.
Postmodern A style in music and the other arts, beginning in the mid-twentieth century, in
which modern and traditional elements are combined.
Diatonic scale A scale consisting of whole and half steps.
Whole-tone scale A scale with only whole steps, no half steps; this eliminates any sense of a
tonal center.
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