Aural Skills Flashcards
Time signature
counts beats in bar
Metre
number of beats in bar
slow
adagio/lento
walking pace
andante
fast
allegro
getting faster
accelerando
slowing down
rallentando
return to original speed
A tempo
name all aural skills
Ibukun - instrumentation
Told - tonality
Me - mood
And - articulation
Sam - style/genre
That - texture
Robbie - range
Hates - harmony
That - tempo
Tall - timbre
David - dynamics
Plays - pitch
poco
a little
molto
a lot
presto
very fast
pizzicato
plucked
legato
smoothly/slurred
tremolo
quivering effect created by rapid movement of the bow on a string instrument
staccato
hopping off note
tenuto
held
accented
played with emphasis
syncopation
emphasis on off beat/ half beat
rhythmic ostinato
Repeated rhythmic pattern repeated throughout composition
triplets
3 notes played in time of 2
rest
silence