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Final Flashcards

1
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a capella

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unaccompanied choral singing

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accelerando

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gradual acceleration

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accompagnato

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accompanied

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4
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adagio

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slow, leisurely; a slow movement

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5
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ad libitum

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at liberty

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agitato

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agitated

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7
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a la measure

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in strict time

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8
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al fine

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to the finish

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9
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alla breve

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2/2 meter, cut time

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10
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allargando

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growing slower

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11
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allegro

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lively, brisk, rapid

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12
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allegro ma non troppo

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fast, but not too much so

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13
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andante

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moderately slow, walking tempo

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14
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andantino

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little slower than andante

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15
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animato

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animation, with spirit

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16
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assai

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very

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17
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a tempo

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in time

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18
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con brio

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with life

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19
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cantabile

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in a singing style

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20
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capo

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head; beginning

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21
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capriccioso

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in a capricious, fanciful, fantastic style

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22
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coda

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a passage ending a movement

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23
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codetta

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short coda

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24
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colla parte

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with the part

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25
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come prima

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as before; as at first

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26
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con

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with

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27
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crescendo

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swelling; gradual increase in loudness

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28
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dal segno

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from the sign

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29
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decrescendo

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decreasing in loudness

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30
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detache

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detached

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31
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divisi

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divided

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32
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dolce

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sweetly

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33
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encore

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again

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34
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fermata

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a hold

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35
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fine

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end; close

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36
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forte

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loud

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37
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fortissimo

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extremely loud

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38
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forzato

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with force, energy

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39
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fuoco (con)

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with fire

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40
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furioso

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furiously

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41
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glocoso

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playfully

42
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grande

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large

43
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Grand

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with grandeur

44
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grave

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heavy; slow

45
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grosso

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great

46
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istesso (l’istesso tempo)

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the same tempo

47
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lagrime (con)

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tearful

48
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langsam

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slow

49
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largamente

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largely

50
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larghetto

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faster than largo

51
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largo

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large; broad

52
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legato

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smoothly

53
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leggiero

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light, airy

54
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lento

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slow

55
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lunga

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long

56
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maestro

A

majestic

57
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marcato

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with emphasis

58
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marcatissimo

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very marked emphasis

59
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meno

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less; not so

60
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mederato

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moderate

61
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molto

A

very

62
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morendo

A

dying away

63
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mosso

A

moved

64
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moto

A

motion

65
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parlando

A

speaking; singing with clear and marked enunciation

66
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perdendosi

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dying away

67
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pesante

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heavy, ponderous; firm

68
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piano

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soft, softly

69
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pianissimo

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very soft

70
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pianississimo

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very, very soft

71
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piu

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more

72
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poco

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little

73
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prestissimo

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very rapidly

74
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presto

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fast; rapid

75
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primo

A

first

76
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quasi

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as if; as it were

77
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rallentando

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growing slower and slower

78
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ritardando

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growing slower and slower

79
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rubato

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robbed time; give/take

80
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sans

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without

81
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secco

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dry; simple

82
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segno

A

a sign

83
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sempre

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always

84
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senza

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without

85
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sforzato

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special stress; marked and sudden emphasis

86
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sostenuto

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sustained

87
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spiccato

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sharp staccato (off the string)

88
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spirito, con

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with spirit

89
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staccato

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short; detached

90
Q

stringendo

A

hastening

91
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subito

A

suddenly

92
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tacet

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“it is silent”

93
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tenuto

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held; tone so marked is to be sustained for its full time value

94
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tessitura

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range covered by the main body of tones in a given part

95
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troppo

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too much

96
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tutti

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entire performing ensemble

97
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vigoroso

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with vigor

98
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vivace

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lively; animated; brisk

99
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vivo

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lively; spiritedly; briskly

100
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voce

A

voice part

Basic Conducting (1 decks)

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