Band Terms Flashcards
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A tempo
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Return to original tempo
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A capella
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Unaccompanied
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Accelerando
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Gradually faster
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Accent
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Play with emphasis
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Ad libitum
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At liberty
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Adagietto
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Rather slow, faster than adagio
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Adagio
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Slowly
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Agitato
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Agitated, unsettled
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Allargando
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Broadening
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Allegretto
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Fairly quick, slower than allegeo
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Allegro
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Fast, lively
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Anacrusis
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Pickup or upbeat
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Andante
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Walking tempo
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Andantino
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Slightly faster than andante
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Animato
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Animated, lively
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Appassionato
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With passion
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Arco
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With the bow
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Arioso
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Like an aria
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Atonal
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Music lacking in a tonal or key center
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Attacca
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Go straight on
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Caesura
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Break in the music
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Cantabile
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Singing style
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Capriccioso
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Whimsical style
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Coda
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Ending section of music, literally “the tail”
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Con brio
With vigour
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Con forza
With force
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Con fuoco
With fire
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Con moto
With motion
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Crescendo
Gradually getting louder
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D. C.
Da capo - repeat back to the beginning
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D. C. al Fine
Repeat back to the beginning, end at the fine
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D. S. al Coda
Dal segno - repeat back to segno, continue to the coda
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Decrescendo
Gradually softer
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Diminuendo
Decreasing loudness
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Dissonant
Sounds that are displeasing to the ear
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Dolce
Sweetly
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Energico
Energetic
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Enharmonic
Notes that are spelled differently but sound the same
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Espressivo
Expressive
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Fermata
Prolong note beyond its notation
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Fine
The end
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Forte
Loud
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Fortepiano
Loud then immediately soft
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Fortissimo
Very loud
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Furioso
Furious
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Giocoso
Humorous, playful
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Grandioso
Grandly
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Interval
The distance between two pitches
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Largamente
Broadly
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Largo
Slow; stately
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Legato
Smoothly
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Leggiero
Lightly
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Lento
Rather slow
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L'istesso tempo
At the same tempo
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Loco
At the normal pitch; used to cancel 8va/8vb
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Maestoso
Majestically
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Marcato
Strongly accented
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Meno messo
Less quickly
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Meter
Regular recurring groups of beats (2-duple, 3-triple, 4-quadruple)
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Mezzo forte
Medium loud
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Mezzo piano
Medium soft
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Misterioso
Mysterious
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Moderato
Moderate speed
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Molto
Very; much
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Monophonic
Music with only one single melody line
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Morendo
Dying away
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Motif
A short melodic pattern or musical idea
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Ostinato
Repeated rhythmic and/or melodic figure
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Pesante
Heavily
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Piannissimo
Very soft
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Piano
Soft
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Piu
More
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Piu mosso
More motion
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Poco a poco
Little by little
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Polyphonic
Music that combines two or more melodic lines
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Prestissimo
Extremely fast, faster than presto
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Presto
Very fast
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Prima
First
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Rallentando
Gradually getting slower
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Rigoroso
Strict
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Ritardando
Gradually slower
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Rubato
With some liberty; literally means "robbed"
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Scherzo
Joke; jest
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Segue
Go straight on
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Sempre
Always
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Senza
Without
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Sforzando
Sudden emphasis; accented
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Simile
In the same way
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Smorzando
Gradually slower and softer, fading
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Soli
Prominent part played by section
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Solo
Prominent part played by one player
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Sostenuto
Sustained
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Staccato
Short, detached
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Stringendo
Compressing, quickening of tempo
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Subito
Sustained
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Syncopation
Emphasis on the weak part of a beat
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Tacet
Silent
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Tempo
Speed of the beat
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Tenuto
Emphasized, hold to full length
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Tremolo
Rapid repetition of note
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Tutti
All play
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Vivace
Fast
