Music Terms Flashcards by May Leung

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Alla breve vs Alla marcia

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2/2 vs in the style of march

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Piu vs Poco

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more vs little

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Molto vs Mosso

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much vs movement/motion

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Ritmico vs Ritard

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Rhythmically vs Getting slower

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Perdendosi vs Pesante

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Dying away vs Heavy

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Dolore vs Douce

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Sad vs Sweet

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Meno vs Mano

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Less vs Hand

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Tranquillo vs Trombone

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Calm vs Brass instrument

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Subito vs Scherzando

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suddenly vs playfully

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Quasi vs Quaver

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almost vs quaver

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Assai vs Arco

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Very vs with the bow

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Morendo vs Moderato

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Dying away vs Moderate

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Corda vs Coda

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Strings vs Closing section

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Leggiero vs Largamente

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Light vs Broadly

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Triangle vs Traurig

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Percussion vs Sad

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Maestoso vs Mesto

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Majestically vs Sad

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Ad. lib vs Attacca

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Free style vs go straight on

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Soprano vs Sforzando

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Female voice vs forced

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Staccatissimo vs Sostenuto

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Very detached vs sustained

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Trombone vs Tristamente

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Brass vs Sadly

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Lento vs Largo

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Slow vs Slow

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Con moto vs Cor anglais

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With motion vs oboe family

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Spirito vs Schnell

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With spirit vs fast

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Sempre vs Semplice

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Always vs simple

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Agitato vs Animato

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Agitated vs Animated

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Massig vs Mosso

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Moderate vs Movement

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Presto vs Primo

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Fast & First time

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Celesta vs Comodo

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Percussion vs Comfortable

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Sotto vs Sonoro

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Under vs Sonority

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Ben vs Breve

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Well vs time value

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Marcato vs Misterioso

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Forced vs Mysterious

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Senza vs Sempre

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Without vs Always

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Rubato vs Ruhig

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Flexibility vs calm

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Pizzicato vs Perdendosi

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Plucked vs Dying away

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Bassoon vs Baritone

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Woodwind instrument vs Male Voice

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Affettuoso vs Amabile

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tenderly vs pleasant

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Traurig vs Tuba

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Sad vs Brass instrument

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ma vs mf vs marcato

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but vs mezzoforte vs marcato (forced)

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non troppo vs niente

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not too much vs nothing

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Sonoro vs Sostenuto vs Soprano

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Sonority vs Sustained vs female voice

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Grave vs Gong

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Slow vs percussion instrument

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Timpani vs Tenor

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Percussion instrument vs male voice

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Giocoso vs Glockenspiel

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Merry vs Pitched Percussion Instrument

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Amore vs Alto

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Love vs Female voice

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Senza vs Sempre

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Without vs Always

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Ledger vs Lent

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Ledger lines vs slow

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Dominant vs Dolore

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The fifth note vs sad

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Deciso vs Doloroso

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Determined vs Sad

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Enharmonic vs Etwas

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Enharmonic vs somewhat a little a bit

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Retenu vs Rubato

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Getting slower vs Flexibility of tempo

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Simile vs Sotto

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Same vs Under

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submediant vs subdominant

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6th vs 4th note

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Larghetto vs Langsam

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Faster than Largo vs Slow

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Semistaccato vs Semibreve

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Half detached vs music value

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Douce vs Da capo

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Sweet vs Go back from the beginning

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Vite vs Vivo

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Fast vs Fast

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Minim vs Minuet

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Music Value vs Dance

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Rinforzando vs Risoluto

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Reinforced vs Forced

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Lebhaft vs Legato

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Lively vs Playing smoothly

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Strings instrument vs stringendo

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Violin…

Getting faster

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Alla Marcia vs allargando

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In style of March vs getting slower

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Presto vs Pesante vs Primo

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Fast vs Heavy vs First Time

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Duplet vs Douce

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2/3 vs Sweet

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Triplet vs Tristamente

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3(2) vs Sadly

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Quintuplet vs Quasi

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5(4)vs As if

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Sextuplet vs Semplice

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6/4 vs Simple

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Septuplet vs Sengo

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7/4 vs Sign

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Fine vs Fermata

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Finished vs pause

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Marcato vs Marcia

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Forced vs In the style of a March

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Ben vs brio

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Well vs spirit

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Affettuoso vs ambile

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Tenderly vs pleasant

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Sonoro vs sotto voice

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Rich tone vs under tone

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Pesante vs andante

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Heavily vs walking speed/walking tempo

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Presto vs primo

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Fast vs first

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Retenu vs rubato

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Held back vs flexibility