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ASP 4 Flashcards

1
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Piano

A

Soft (p)

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2
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Mezzo piano

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Medium soft (mp)

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3
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Mezzo forte

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Medium loud (mf)

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4
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Forte

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Loud (f)

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5
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Fortisimmo

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Very loud (ff)

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6
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Crescendo (cresc.)

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Gradually louder

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7
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Diminuendo (dim)

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Gradually softer (>)

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8
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Decrescendo (decresc)

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Gradually softer

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9
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Andante

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Slow walking tempo

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10
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Moderato

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Medium tempo

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11
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Allegro

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Fast

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12
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Retardando

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Gradually slower

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13
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A tempo

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Go to original tempo

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14
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Order from slow to fast tempo

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Andante, moderato, allegro

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15
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Order of dynamics

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Pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff

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16
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Octave higher

A

Play the note 8 letter names higher

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17
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Octave lower

A

Play the note 8 letter names lower

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18
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Loco

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Cancel the octave signs

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19
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Sforzando (sfz)

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A sudden loud accent on a single note or chord

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20
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Accent

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To play the note with stress (>)

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21
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First and second ending

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Plat through the first ending and then the second

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22
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Accompaniment

A

Musical background for the more important part

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23
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Melody

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A tune the opposite of the accompaniment

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24
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Harmony

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A combination of musical tones sounded together

25
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Solo

A

Music for 1 performer

26
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Duet

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Music for 2 performers

27
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Accidentals

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Chromatic signs that are not in signature; affects only that line or space until the end of the measure

28
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Ascending

29
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Bar line

A

Divides the music into measures

30
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Bass clef

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Sign on the staff that marks F below middle C

31
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Cadence

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Series of Chords which closes a composition, section, or phrase

32
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Chord

A

3 or more tones played together

33
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Chord progression

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Series of related chords

34
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Chromatic signs

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Signs that change pitch

35
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Chromatic scale

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Scale of all half steps

36
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Contrary motion

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Moving in the opposite directions

37
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De capo el fine

A

To play again and stop at fine.

38
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Descending

A

Going down

39
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Dominant

A

Fifth scale degree

40
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Dominant triad

A

The triad built on fifth scale degree

41
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Double bar line

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Special bar line that marks the end of a section

42
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Dynamics

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Markings that I indicate loudness or softness

43
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Ending bars

A

The bar that marks the end of the compisition

44
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Enharmonic

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Two names for the same pitch such as C sharp and d flat

45
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Famata

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Holden the note longer than its written value

46
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Flat

A

Play the note a half step lower

47
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Harmony

A

A combination of music tones sounding together

48
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Interval

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A distance between 2 notes

49
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Inversion

A

Same notes in a different position

50
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Key signature

A

chromatic signs at the beginning of each line of music that tells us the key of the composition

51
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Legato

A

To play smoothly

52
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Ledger lines

A

Short added lines used to write notes above or below the staff

53
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Measure

A

A space between the bar lines

54
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Natural

A

To cancel the sharp or flat

55
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Parallel motion

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Moving in the same direction

56
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Phrase mark

57
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Up beat

A

An incomplete measure before the first bar line

58
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Primary triad

A

Triad built on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degree

59
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Pianissimo

A

Very soft (pp)

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