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Discovering music through listening
Discovering music through listening

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Pianissimo

Very quiet.


Pitch

The absolute quality of a musical note perceived as high or low, but determined by frequency.


Pizzicato

Plucking the strings of an instrument normally played with a bow.


Polyphonic

A texture in which several independent musical lines interweave.


Pulse

The beat underlying a piece of music.