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Music Study Notes: Dynamics and Expressive Techniques Flashcards

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Crescendo

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Gradually getting louder

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Decrescendo

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Gradually getting softer

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Diminuendo

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Getting softer

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Forte

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Loud

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Fortissimo

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Very loud

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Mezzo Forte

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Moderately loud

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Mezzo Piano

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Moderately soft

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Morendo

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Dying away

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Pianissimo

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Very soft

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Piano

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Soft

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Stringendo

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Pressing on faster

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Arco

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With the bow

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Legato

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Smoothly

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Pizzicato

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Plucked

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Slurred

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Smooth joining together of notes in a phrase

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Spiccato

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A form of staccato bowing which allows the bow to bounce the strings

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Staccato

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Short and detached

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Tongued

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Each note of the phrase is separated and not well connected

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Accents

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Strong emphasis on a note

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Distortion Pedals

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Pedals used in rock music to alter the sound of the notes by changing the wave lengths of the sound creating a dirty sound quality

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Falsetto

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A male voice singing very high

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Flutter Tonguing

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Trilling the note with an ‘m’ sound

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Glissando

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Smoothy, notes that are well connected

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Harmonics

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Secondary, soft high sounds heard when any note is sounded.

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Mutes

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Devices used to dampen the quality of the sound

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Note Bending

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Pushing the string sideways as the note is being played

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Scat Singing

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Singing of nonsense syllables instead of words

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Slurring

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Playing notes well connected

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Sul Ponticello

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Bow on or near the bridge of stringed instruments

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Tremolo

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Rapid movement of the bow across the strings

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Vibrato

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The gentle movement of the finger on a stringed instrument to a give a warm tone colour

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