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Final Flashcards

1
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Soft

A

A small best pattern

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2
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Fast

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Use a quick best pattern with sharp and quick motions

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3
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Slow

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Use a slow pattern with graceful motions

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4
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Getting louder

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Use a beat pattern increasing in size

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5
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Getting softer

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Use a beat pattern decreasing in size

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6
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Speeding up

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Make the beat pattern faster

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7
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Slowing down

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Make the beat pattern slower

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8
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Solemn, reverent, or legato

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Use a smooth rounded beat pattern

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9
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Bright, joyful, or staccato

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Use an animated angular beat pattern

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10
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One vocal line is more important than the others

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Use your left hand to signal palm up to the important vocal group, Palm down to the other groups

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11
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Part of the choir cuts off while the other part continues to sing

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Before the cutoff look at the group that is to cut off

Give the cutoff signal with the left hand and then face the group that is to continue to sing

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12
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The silent part of the choir joins the singing part

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Hold your left palm up in the direction of the group that is sustaining
Continue the beat pattern with your right hand.

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13
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Accelerando accel.

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To quicken the tempo gradually

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14
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A tempo

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To return to the original tempo or rate of speed

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15
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Beat

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Marks the passing of musical time

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16
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Common time

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4/4

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17
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Conductor

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Someone who directs a choir, congregation, or group of instrumentalists

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18
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Da capo

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To repeat the piece of music from the beginning

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19
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Double bar

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Two closely spaced bar lines that mark the end of a section of music

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20
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Downbeat

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The first beat of a measure

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21
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Dynamics

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How loudly or softly a song is played

22
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Fermata

A

A hold

23
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Fine

A

The end

24
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Ictus

A

The point in the conducting pattern where the beat occurs

25
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Legato

A

Smooth and connected

26
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Molto

A

This word means very

27
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Marcato

A

A short line above or below a note indicating that is should be played with emphasis

28
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Poco a poco

A

Little by little

29
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Preparatory beat

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The beat the conductor directs just before the first beat of a song or hymn

30
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Rallentado

A

The same as ritardando

31
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Repeat bars

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A kind of barking that signals a repeat bars, using the first and second endings if they exist

32
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Rhythm

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The way movement is express I’m musical time

33
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Ritardando

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A gradual slowing in tempo

34
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Rubato

A

In a free style with flexible rhythm

35
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Slur

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A curved line above or below two or more notes

36
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Staccato

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A dot above or below a note that indicates it should be played in a short, detached style

37
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Tempo

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The rate of speed of a musical piece

38
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Tempo markings

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Words that set the tempo for a musical piece

39
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Time signature

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A symbol made of two numbers, one above the other, found at the beginning of a piece of music that shows the meter for the piece

40
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Upbeat

A

The last beat of a measure

41
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Loud

A

Use a large beat pattern

42
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Largo

A

Broad

43
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Lento

A

Slow

44
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Adagio

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At ease

45
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Andante

A

A walking pace

46
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Moderato

A

Moderate

47
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Allegretto allegro

A

Fast

48
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Vivace

A

Lively

49
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Presto

A

Very fast

50
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Prestissimo

A

As fast as possible

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