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RUDIMENTS
OF
MUSIC.
Continued.
What
is
a
third?
An
interval
which
involves
three
degrees,
as
C
and
E.
How
many
kinds
of
thirds
are
there?
Three-Major
thirds,
Minor
thirds
and
Diminished
thirds.
What
is
a
minor
third?
A
third
as
small
as
three
half-steps.
What
is
a
Major
third?
A
third
as
great
as
two
steps.
What
is
a
fourth?
An
interval
which
involves
four
degrees,
as
C.
and
F.
How
many
kinds
of
fourths
are
there?
Three-Perfect
fourth,
Diminished
fourth
and
Augmented
fourth.
What
is
a
Diminished
fourth?
A
fourth
as
great
as
one
step
and
two
half-steps.
What
is
a
Perfect
fourth?
A
fourth
as
great
as
two
steps
and
one
half-step.
What
is
an
Augmented
fourth?
A
fourth
as
great
as
three
steps.
What
is
a
fifth?
An
interval
which
involves
five
degrees
as
C
and
G.
How
many
kinds
of
fifths
are
there?
Three-Perfect
fifths,
Diminished
fifths
and
Augmented
fifths.
What
is
a
Diminished
fifth?
A
fifth
as
great
as
two
steps
and
two
half-steps.
What
is
a
Perfect
fifth?
A
fifth
as
great
as
three
steps
and
one
half-step.
What
is
an
Augmented
fifth?
A
fifth
as
great
as
four
steps.
What
is
a
sixth?
An
interval
which
involves
six
degrees,
as
C
and
A.
How
many
kinds
of
sixths
are
there?
Three-Minor
sixth,
Major
sixth
and
Augmented
sixth.
What
is
a
Major
sixth?
A
sixth
as
great
as
four
steps
and
one
half-step.
What
is
a
Minor
sixth?
A
sixth
as
great
as
three
steps
and
two
half-steps.
What
is
an
Augmented
sixth?
A
sixth
as
great
as
five
steps.
What
is
a
seventh?
An
interval
which
involves
seven
degrees,
as
C
and
B.
How
many
sevenths
have
we?
Three-Major
seventh,
Minor
seventh
and
Diminished
seventh.
What
is
a
Diminished
seventh?
A
seventh
as
great
as
three
steps
and
three
half-steps.
What
is
a
Minor
seventh?
A
seventh
as
great
as
four
steps
and
two
half-steps.
What
is
a
Major
seventh?
A
seventh
as
great
as
five
steps
and
one
half-step.
What
is
an
octave?
An
interval
which
involves
eight
degrees,
as
C
and
C
above.
How
many
kinds
of
octaves
are
there?
Two-Perfect
and
Diminished
octaves.
What
is
a
Diminished
octave
?
An
octave
as
great
as
four
steps
and
three
half-steps.
What
is
a
Perfect
octave?
An
octave
as
great
as
five
steps
and
two
half-steps.
What
is
a
ninth?
An
interval
which
involves
nine
degrees,
as
C
and
D
and
nine
degrees
above.
How
many
kinds
of
ninths
are
there?
Three-Minor
ninth,
Major
ninth
and
Augmented
ninths.
What
is
a
Minor
ninth?
A
ninth
as
great
as
five
steps
and
three
half-steps.
What
is
a
Major
ninth?
A
ninth
as
great
as
six
steps
and
two
half-steps.
What
is
an
Augmented
ninth?
A
ninth
as
great
as
five
steps
and
two
half-steps,
and
a
step
and
a
half-
step.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1.
What
is
a
song?
Song
is
a
tune
which
in
a
general
sense
covers
all
utterances
with
musical
modulation
of
the
voice,
whteher
it
is
the
human
voice
or
that
of
the
birds.
It
usually
applies
to
simple
compositions
having
one
or
two
periods,
and
applies
to
sacred
or
secular
words.
2.
What
is
an
anthem?
A
sacred
composition,
the
words
of
which
are
taken
from
the
Bible,
prayer
book
or
other
sacred
writing.
3.
What
is
a
Motet?
A
Motet
signifies
a
vocal
composition
similar
to
the
anthem,
but
the
words
are
not
taken
from
the
Scriptures.
Formerly
a
motet
was
a
crude
counterpoint
added
to
a
plain
chant.
4.
What
is
an
Ode?
A
Greek
word
signifying
an
air
or
song;
a
lyrical
composition
of
greater
length
and
variety
than
a
song;
resembling
a
canta.
5.
What
is
a
Fanfare.
A
short,
lively,
loud
and
war-like
music,
of
music
composed
of
trumpets
and
kettle
drums
also
the
name
of
the
lively
little
piece
performed
on
hunting
horns
in
the
chase.
6.
What
is
an
Etude?
A
composition
which
is
intended
or
may
serve
for
a
study.
7.
What
is
an
Aria?
An
accompanied
song
for
a
solo
voice.
What
is
a
Nocturne?
A
piece
of
music
for
performance
in
the
open
air
at
night.
9.
What
is
an
Oratorio?
An
Oratorio
is
a
sacred
musical
drama,
unaccompanied
by
scenery.
10.
What
is
an
Overture?
Generally
it
is
an
introductory
movement
prefixed
to
an
oratorio
and
intended
to
foreshadow
the
incident
of
the
work.
11.
What
is
a
Prelude?
An
introductory
to
a
piece
of
music.
12.
What
is
a
Galop?
A
quick
tune,
generally
in
2
over
4
measure.
13.
What
is
a
Jig?
A
bright,
brisk
tune,
generally
in
measure.
14.
What
is
a
Recitative?
It
is
a
song
that
does
not
take
the
form
of
a
melody;
neither
does
it
conform
to
the
strict
value
of
notation.
No
fixed
musical
rhythm,
but
strives
in
its
rhythm
and
succession
of
tones
to
imitate
as
far
as
possible
the
declama-
tory
accents
of
speech.