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BS Exam Flashcards

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Allegro

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A direction to play lively and fast.

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Beat

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The unit of musical rhythm.

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Cadence

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A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or end of the composition.

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Chorale

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A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.

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Chord

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Three or four notes played simultaneously in harmony.

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Clef

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In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.

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Coda

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Closing section of a movement.

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Da Capo

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In sheet music, and instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.

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Dissonance

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Harsh, discordant, and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.

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Duet

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A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.

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Étude

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A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.

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Flat

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A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone

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Grave

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Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.

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Grazioso

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Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.

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Harmony

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Pleasing combination of two or three tones together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.

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Interval

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The distance in pitch between two notes.

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Key signature

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The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played in.

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Legato

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Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.

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Natural

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A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.

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Overture

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Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.

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Piano

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An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a “p”.

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Presto

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A direction in sheet music indicating that the tempo is to be very fast.

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Rhythm

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The element of music pertaining to time, played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.

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Sharp

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A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.

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Slur

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A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.

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Staff

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Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.

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Adagio

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A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease

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Tonality

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The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.

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Triad

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Three note chord consisting of a root, third, and fifth.

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Vivace

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Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk, lively, and spirited manner.

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Accelerando

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A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.

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Chromatic scale

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Includes all 12 notes of an octave.

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Dynamics

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Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.

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Fermata

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To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.

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Forte

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A symbol indicating to play loud.

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Grandioso

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Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.

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Intonation

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The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.

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Key

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System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.

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Measure

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The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two, three, four beats to a measure.

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Phrase

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A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.

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Pitch

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The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.

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Staccato

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Short detached notes, as opposed to legato.

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Tempo

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Indicating speed.

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Time signature

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A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.

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Tone

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The intonation, pitch, and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning, feeling, or attitude of the music.

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Toneless

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Unmusical, without tone.

47
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Tuning

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The raising and lowering of a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of the note.

48
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Tutti

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Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.

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