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1
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Tempo Commodo

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At a comfortable speed

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Tempo giusto

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At a consistent speed

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L’istesso tempo

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At the same speed

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4
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Non troppo

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Not too much

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5
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Grave

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Slow and solemn

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6
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Rubato

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With some freedom in the time

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7
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Stringendo

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Pressing on faster

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8
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Perdendosi

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Fading away

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Smorzando

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Dying away

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Rinforzando

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Reinforcing the tone

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11
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Pesante

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Heavily

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12
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Cantando

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In a singing style

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13
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Tenuto

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Held

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14
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Piacevole

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Pleasant, agreeable

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15
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Portamento

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A smooth gliding from one note to another

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16
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Dolente

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Sadly, plaintively

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17
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Doloroso

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Sadly, plaintively

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18
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Sotto voce

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Softly in an undertone

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19
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Giocoso

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Gay, merry

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20
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Grazioso

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Gracefully

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21
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Assai

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Very

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22
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Quasi

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As if, as it were

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23
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Scherzando

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Playfully

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24
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Subito

25
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Sul Ponticello

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Bow on or near the bridge

26
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Sul tasto

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Now on or near the fingerboard

27
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Tremolo

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Bowing very rapidly

28
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Pizzicato

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Pluck the string with the finger

29
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Arco

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With the bow

30
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Imperfect cadences

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I-V, ii-V, IV-V

31
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Syncopation

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Is when the accent comes on an off beat

32
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Violin tuning

33
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Viola tuning

34
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Violoncello tuning

35
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Double Bass tuning

36
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Mordent

37
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Lower mordent

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An M with a vertical line through it

38
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Turn

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An S on the side

39
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Inverted turn

40
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Trill

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A tr. followed by a squiggly line

41
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Acciaccatura

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A grace note with a line through it

42
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Appoggiatura

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Grace note

43
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Divisi

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Stringed instruments playing in unison now play in harmony

44
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Parts of a stringed instrument

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  1. Bow
  2. Tailpiece
  3. Bridge
  4. Finger Board
  5. Turning pegs
  6. Scroll
  7. “F hole”
  8. Sound Post
  9. Strings
  10. Adjuster
  11. Mute
  12. Heel (end of bow)
  13. Tail-pin
45
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Chromatic semitone

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Is a semitone containing two notes of the same name

46
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Diatonic semitone

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Is a semitone containing two notes of different names

47
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Enharmonic change

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Change of name but not sound

48
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Diatonic Scales

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Are made up of tones and semitones

49
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Chromatic scales

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Are made up of all semitones

50
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Consonant Intervals

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Are pleasing to the ear. Also called “Concords” they are all perfect 4th, 5th, 8th, major and minor 3rd, 6th

51
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Dissonant intervals

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Are not pleasing to the ear are also “discords”, they are will aug and dim intervals and major and minor 2cnd and 7th

52
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Order of dances

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Allemande, Courante, minuet, Sarabande, Gavotte, Gigue (Anna Can Make Sandwiches Good Girl)
OR
Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue

53
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Allemande characteristics

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-moderately fast
-simple quadruple
-short anacrusis using repeated semiquavers
-continuous movement, after the opening movement of a suite
-Binary form
-German

54
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French Courante characteristics

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-fast
-simple triple
-varied rhythm, sometimes changing from 3/2 to 6/4 at the cadence point in each half (haemeola)
-Binary form
-French

55
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Italian Courante characteristics

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-fast
-simple triple
-short anacrusis
-continuous movement (running)
-Binary form
-Italian

56
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Minuet characteristics

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-moderate tempo
-simple triple
-no anacrusis
-graceful
-Binary form
-French

57
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Sarabande characteristics

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-Slow
-Simple triple
-ornaments
-no anacrusis. Stately, often ornamented with 2cnd beat accented
-Binary form
-Spanish

58
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Gavotte characteristics

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-moderately fast
-simple duple or quadruple
-half bar anacrusis (begin on beat 3)
-rhythmic, sprightly
-French

59
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Gigue

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-Fast
-Compound duple (or 3/8)
-usually a short anacrusis
-often contrapuntal, usually the last movement of a suite
-Binary form
-English/ Scottish

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