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All-State Music Vocabulary 2019-2020 Flashcards

1
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Medium loud

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Mezzo forte

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

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Allargando

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Performers singing the same part are divided to sing different parts

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Divisi

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4
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Lively; briskly

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Vivace

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5
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A short musical idea or melodic theme, usually shorter than a musical phrase

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Motif

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6
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“beautiful singing”; an Italian Opera term

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Bel canto

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Motion by half steps; also describes harmony or melody that employs some of the sequential 12 pitches (semi-tones) in an octave

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Chromatic

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8
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To perform in a relaxed tempo

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Tranquillo

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9
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Becoming gradually faster

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Accelerando

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10
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A high obligato part above the melody

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Descant

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11
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A rapid fluctuation of pitch slightly higher or lower than the main pitch

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Vibrato

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Grand, majestic

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Grandioso

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13
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A pause or hold

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Fermata

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14
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AB-form of a composition that has two distinct sections

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Binary form

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15
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Making the established pulse flexible by accelerating and slowing down the tempo; an expressive device

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Rubato

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16
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A system used for teaching sight-singing (Do-Re-Mi)

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Solfege

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17
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Without

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Senza

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18
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Rather slow, at a moderate walking speed

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Andante

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19
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The notes of the chord played in succession to one another, rather than simultaneously; a broken chord

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Arpeggio

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20
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To change key within a composition

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Modulation

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21
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Return to the original tempo after some deviation

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A tempo

22
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Short horizontal lines used to extend a staff either higher or lower

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Ledger lines

23
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Suddenly; quickly

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Subito

24
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Very slow and broad

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Largo

25
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Strongly accented; forced

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Sforzano

26
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An unaccompanied homophonic choral composition for three or more voices

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Part song

27
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Dying away to nothing

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Niente

28
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Softly; with subdued sound; performed in an undertone

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Sotto voce

29
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A major vocal work that involves theatrical elements

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Opera

30
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Very fast; faster than allegro

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Presto

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In a singing style; singable

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Cantabile

32
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The relationship between two pitches, the distance between an upper and a lower pitch

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Interval

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Large scale musical composition on a sacred subject

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Oratorio

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Indicated by a time signature, can be simple or compound

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Meter

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Type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyond the normal vocal range

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Falsetto

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To play or sing in a smooth, connected manner

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Legato

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To play or sing with expression

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Espressivo

38
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The organization and structure of a composition

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Form

39
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Gradually slowing down

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Rallentando

40
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Sweetly, usually also softly

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Dolce

41
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Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music

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Strophic

42
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Music that is created spontaneously

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Improvisation

43
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Upbeat of pickup

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Anacrusis

44
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Three note chord consisting of the root, third, and fifth

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Triad

45
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Most widely used range of pitches in a piece of music

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Tessitura

46
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The beat remains constant when the meter changes

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L’istesso

47
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Repeat from the beginning of the composition

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D. C. or Da Capo

48
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Less motion

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Meno mosso

49
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A little more motion

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Poco pio mosso

50
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Fast tempo with spirit

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Allegro con spirito

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