Key topics: Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales, Relative and parallel keys, Chromatic, whole-tone, and pentatonic scales, Interval size and quality (major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished), Interval inversion, Transposing instruments and concert pitch, Timbre and instrumentation, Melodic features (conjunct/disjunct motion, range, contour), Melodic transposition, Texture types (monophony, homophony, polyphony, heterophony), Rhythmic devices (syncopation, hemiola, augmentation, diminution).
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