grade 6 theory Flashcards
1
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larghissimo
A
very very slow
2
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grave
A
slow and solemn
3
Q
lento
A
slowly
4
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largo
A
broadly
5
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larghetto
A
rather broadly
6
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adagio
A
slow and stately
7
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adagietto
A
rather slow
8
Q
andante
A
at a walking pace
9
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andantino
A
at a moderate walking pace
10
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moderato
A
moderate speed
11
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allegretto
A
moderately fast
12
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allegro
A
fast and bright
13
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vivace
A
fast and lively
14
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vivacissimo
A
very fast and lively
15
Q
presto
A
very fast
16
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prestissimo
A
extremely fast
17
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lent
A
slowly
18
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modere
A
moderately
19
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rapide
A
fast
20
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vif
A
lively
21
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vite
A
fast
22
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langsam
A
slowly
23
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massig
A
moderately
24
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bewegt
A
animated
25
lebhaft
lively
26
rasch
quickly
27
schnell
fast
28
accelerando
speeding up
29
doppio movimento
twice as fast
30
piu mosso
more movement
31
precipitando
hurrying
32
stretto
in a faster tempo
33
stringendo
pressing on faster
34
allargando
growing broader
35
calando
going slower
36
meno mosso
less movement
37
rallentando
gradually slowing
38
ritardando
slowing
39
ritenuto
slightly slower
40
plus vite
faster
41
moins vite
less fast
42
affettuoso
with feeling
43
agitato
agitated
44
appassionato
passionately
45
animato
animated
46
brillante
sparkling
47
bravura
boldly
48
cantabile
in a singing style
49
dolce
sweetly
50
energico
energetically
51
eroico
heroically
52
expressivo
expressively
53
furioso
angrily
54
giocoso
merrily
55
lamentoso
mournfully
56
leggero
lightly
57
maestoso
majestically
58
malinconico
with melancholy
59
marcato
marked
60
marziale
in a military style
61
mesto
sadly
62
morendo
dying
63
noblimente
nobly
64
petetico
with emotion
65
presante
heavily
66
saltando
jumpingly
67
scherzando
playfully
68
gioioso
joyfully
69
grandioso
grandly
70
grazioso
gracefully
71
lacrimoso
sadly
72
sostenuto
sustained
73
tenerezza
with tenderness
74
tranquillamente
calmly
75
trionfante
triumphantly
76
arco
bowed
77
spiccato
bounce the bow
78
sul ponticello
near the bridge
79
con sordino
with the mute
80
V
up bow
81
¬
down bow
82
col legno
with the wood of the bow
83
tremolo
move the bow up and down extremely fast
84
pizzicato
plucked
85
senza sordino
without the mute
86
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arpeggiated
87
=
tremolo
88
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glissando
89
+
stopped note
90
what key are clarinets in?
Bb
91
what key are trumpets in?
Bb
92
what key are french horns in?
F
93
what key are cor anglais in?
F
94
what instruments sound an octave lower?
double bass, bass clarinet, double bassoon
95
what instrument sounds an octave higher than written?
piccolo
96
what instrument is single reed?
clarinet
97
what instruments are double reed?
oboe, cor anglais, bassoon
98
what are the open strings on a violin?
G3, D4, A4, E5 (5ths apart)
99
what are the open strings on a viola?
C3, G3, D4, A4 (5ths apart)
100
what are the open strings on a cello?
C2, G2, D3, A3 (5ths apart, octave lower than a viola)
101
what are the open strings on a double bass
E1, A1, D2, G2 (4ths apart)
