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1
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What does largamente mean?

A

Broadly

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What does Larghetto mean?

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Rather broadly

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3
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What does prestissimo mean?

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Extremely fast or as fast as possible

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What does con moto mean?

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With movement

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5
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What does Calando mean?

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Getting softer and slower

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What does Morendo mean?

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Dying away

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7
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What does forte piano mean?

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Loud then immediately soft

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8
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What does sforzando mean?

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A strong accent

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What does agitato mean?

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With agitation

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What does attacca mean?

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Go on at once

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11
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What does animato mean?

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With animation

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12
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What does tranquillo mean?

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Calmly

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13
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What does con anima mean?

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With feeling

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14
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Why does con brio mean?

A

With spirit

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15
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What does con grazia mean?

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With grace

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What does con forza mean?

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With force

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17
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What does dolce mean?

A

Soft and sweet

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18
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What does risoluto mean?

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With resolution

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19
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What does Ben Marcato mean?

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Well marked

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20
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What does Main Droite mean?

A

Right hand

21
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What does Main Gauche mean?

A

Left hand

22
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What does una corda mean?

A

With the soft pedal

23
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What does Tre Corde mean?

A

Release the soft pedal

24
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What does Ad Libitum mean?

A

At pleasure, quite freely

25
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What does opus mean?

A

A work or group of works

26
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What does Loco mean?

A

At normal pitch (after an 8va sign)

27
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What does M.M mean?

A

Maelzels’s metronome - 66 crotchets to a minute (bpm)

28
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What does 8va bassa mean?

A

An octave lower

29
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What is an 8va?

A

An octave higher

30
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What are the technical degrees?

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1- Tonic
2- Super tonic
3- Mediant
4- Sub-dominant
5- Dominant
6- Sub-mediant
7- Leading note
8- Upper tonic

31
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What is a rondo?

A

A . B . A . C . A

32
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What is 3/2 time?

A

3 minims to a bar - simple triple time

33
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What is 2/2 time?

A

2 minims to a bar - simple duple time
Cut common
Alla breve

34
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What is 3/8 time?

A

3 quavers to a bar - simple triple time

35
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What is 9/8 time?

A

3 dotted crotchets in a bar - compound triple time

36
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What is a sequence?

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A sequence is a pattern of music that is repeated identically either higher or lower than the first pattern.

37
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What is a duplet?

A

2 notes played in the time of 3 notes of the same value (always in compound time)

38
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What is the range of a soprano voice?

A

Middle C to G octave and a fifth

39
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What is the range of an alto voice?

A

G below treble stave to D (an octave and a fifth)

40
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What is the range of a tenor voice?

A

C in the bass clef to a G (octave and a fifth)

41
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What is the range of a bass voice?

A

G in the bass clef to a D above middle C (octave and a fifth)

42
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What are the primary triads?

A

The I, IV, V chords of the scale

43
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What is a double sharp?

A

Double sharp raises the note by a tone or two semitones

44
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What is a double flat?

A

Double flat lowers the note by a tone or two semitones

45
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What is compound time?

A

Compound time is uneven beats divisible by 3

46
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What is an Enharmonic change?

A

Same note with different name e.g B#, C

47
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What chords are in a plagal cadence?

A

The fourth of the scale resolves to the tonic chord.

48
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What chords are in the perfect cadence?

A

The fifth chord of the scale resolves to the tonic chord of the scale

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