Band Vocab Set #2

Question 1

Cantabile

Answer 1

Italian for “in singing style”; appears often at the beginning of movements as in “andante cantabile” - at walking speed and in a singing style

Question 2

aleatoric

Answer 2

music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work’s realization is left to the determination of its performer(s)

Question 3

glissando

Answer 3

a continuous slide upward or downward between two notes

Question 4

syncopation

Answer 4

the displacement of the usual rhythmic accent away from a strong beat onto a weak beat

Question 5

ostinato

Answer 5

a continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm

Question 6

blend

Answer 6

to sound like one instrument or voice

Question 7

balance

Answer 7

the adjustment of volume and timbre between instruments or voices

Question 8

key signature

Answer 8

any combination of sharps or flats found after the clef at the beginning of each stave indicating the key of a composition

Question 9

tempo

Answer 9

Italian for “time”; the speed at which a piece of music is played

Question 10

clef

Answer 10

a sign that specifies the note to be indicated by one of the lines, from which other notes may be gauged