#1 Terms list (1-11)

Question 1

Accelerando

Answer 1

Gradually faster

Question 2

Accent

Answer 2

placed above a note to indicate stress or emphasis.

Question 3

Accidental

Answer 3

A sharp, flat, or natural not included in the given key.

Question 4

Accompaniment

Answer 4

A vocal or instrument part that supports or is background for a solo part.

Question 5

Adagio

Answer 5

Slow; slower than andante, faster than largo.

Question 6

A coda

Answer 6

“To the coda”

Question 7

Aleatory

Answer 7

Chance music in which the performers are free to perform their own material and/or their own manner of presentation.

Question 8

Al fine

Answer 8

To the end

Question 9

Alla breve

Answer 9

Cut time; meter in which there are two beats in each measure and a half note receives one beat.

Question 10

Allargando

Answer 10

Slowing of tempo, usually with increasing volume; most frequently occurs toward the end of a piece.

Question 11

Allegretto

Answer 11

Slower than allegro

Question 12

Inversion

Answer 12

may be used in both melody and harmony. Melodic inversion: an exchange of ascending and descending movement, e.g. c up to f in descending becomes c down to g. Harmonic inversion: the position of the chord is changed from root position (root on the lowest pitch) to first inversion, with the third, or second inversion, with the fifth in the lowest voice. An example: root position c-e-g; first inversion e-g-c; second inversion g-c-e.