DEFINITIONS

Question 1

Allegro agitato e appassionato assai

Answer 1

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Question 2

A punta d’arco

Answer 2

The performance of a musical passage for a stringed instrument with the tip or point of the bow.

Question 4

Canon

Answer 4

Strict imitation in which multiple instruments play the same part at set amounts apart from each other.

Question 5

Coda

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Rounding off

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Changing notes

Answer 6

An accented passing note in old strict musical counterpoint
OR
An unaccented non-harmonic note that resolves to its neighbouring chord after touching an intervening note

Question 8

Development

Answer 8

Developers the melodies from that exposition in various keys

Question 9

Conjunct

Answer 9

Music that moves in step

Question 10

Exposition DOUBLE CHECK ME PLS!!!!!

Answer 10

Introduction of the main themes/subjects of the piece

Question 11

Concertino

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A group of solo instruments performing as part of a concerto grosso

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Disjunct

Answer 12

Music that moves in leaps

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Periodic phrasing

Answer 14

Beautifully balanced question and answer phrases that valance each other out

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Moto perpetuo

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A fast instrumental passage

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Recapitulation

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Altered repeat of exposition

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Religiosamente

Answer 19

Religiously

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Fugue

Answer 20

A piece in which a main theme is played in imitation by all instruments

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Siciliano

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Movement in 17th C. Music characterised by slow triplet time signature (6/8, 12/8)

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Tierce de picardie

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A major third in the final chord of a piece in a minor key.

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Spiccato

Answer 28

Type of Staccato playing on a stringed instrument where you bounce the bow on the strings

Question 32

Ritornello

Answer 32

A recurring musical section/idea that returns and alternates with different contrasting material.

Question 33

Ripieno

Answer 33

The large body of accompaniment strings in a concerto grosso (the rest of the orchestra)