Grade 4 Musical Terms Flashcards
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Tempo Commodo
A
At a comfortable speed
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Tempo Giusto
A
At a consistent speed (strict)
3
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L’istesso tempo
A
At the same speed
4
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Non troppo
A
Not too much
5
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Grave
A
Slow and solemn
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Rubato
A
With some freedom in the time
Lit. Robbed time
7
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Stringendo
A
Pressing on faster
8
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Perdendosi
A
Fading away
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Smorzando
A
Dying away
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Rinforzando (Rfz or rf)
A
Reinforcing the tone
11
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Pesante
A
Heavily
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Cantando
A
In a singing style
13
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Tenuto (ten.)
A
Held
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Piacevole
A
Pleasant, agreeable
15
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Portamento
A
Smoothly gliding from one note to the next (singing/bowing)
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Dolente
A
Sadly, plaintively
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Doloroso
A
Sadly, plaintively
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Sotto voce
A
Softly in an undertone
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Giocoso
A
Gay, merry
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Grazioso
A
Gracefully
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Assai
A
Very
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Quasi
A
As if, as it were, like
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Scherzando
A
Playfully
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Subito (sub.)
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Suddenly
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Sul ponticello (sul pont)
Bow on or near the bridge
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Sul tasto
Bow on or near the finger board
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Tremolo
Bowing rapidly to produce shimmering or wavering effect
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Pizzicato (pizz.)
Pluck the string with finger
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Arco
With the bow (after pizz. Sign)
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Tenuto
Hold for full value of note
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Counterpoint
composition technique: 2 or more melodies combined
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Contrapuntal
Adjective used to describe 2 or more melodies combined
33
Chromatic
1) two notes a semitone apart with the same letter name
| 2) a series of 12 notes moving in semitones
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Diatonic
An interval or scale in which each note has a different letter name.
