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25 Cards in this Set
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Diatonic
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Literally "across the tones"; defines a scale of mixed half and whole steps (and an occasional step and a half)in which each individual tone plays a role
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Tonic
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1st degree
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Supertonic
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2nd degree
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Mediant
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3rd degree
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Subdominant
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4th degree
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Dominant
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5th degree
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Submediant
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6th degree
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Leading tone
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7th; Half-size below tonic
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Subtonic
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7th degree; whole step below tonic
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Major scale
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W - W - H - W - W - W - H
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Tetrachord
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Group of 4 pitches
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Relative minor of major key
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6th degree of major scale
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Relative major of minor key
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3rd degree of minor scale
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Circle of Fifths
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Parallel relationship
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Major and minor scale that begin on the same tonic note
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Tonality
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Organized system of tones in which the tonic become central point to which the remaining tones are related.
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Pentatonic scale
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Five-tone scale
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Nondiatonic scale
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Does not observe the interval sequence of the diatonic or pentatonic scales
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Chromatic scale
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Ascends and descends in half-steps
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Whole - tone scale
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Six-tone scale made u entirely of whole steps between adjacent scale degrees
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Blues scale
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Chromatic variant of major scale with flat 3rd/7th
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Non-essential scales
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Thaats; seven-note scale of northern Indian music
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Octatonic scale
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Eight-note scale composed of alternating whole steps and half steps
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Mode
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Series of pictures within the octave that make up the basic material of a composition
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Pitch inventory
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Scale wise list of the tones used in a composition or section thereof
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