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1
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What is the term for a very quiet piece of music?

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Pianissimo (pp)

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What is the term for a quiet piece of music?

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Piano (p)

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What is the term for a moderately quiet piece of music?

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Mezzo-piano (mp)

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What is the term for a medium-loud piece of music?

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Mezzo-forte (mf)

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What is the term for a loud piece of music?

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Forte (f)

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What is the term for a very loud piece of music?

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Fortissimo (ff)

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What is the Italian term for slow pace?

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Adagio

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What is the Italian term for medium pace?

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Andante

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What is the Italian term for fast pace?

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Allegro

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What is the term for a piece of music getting slower?

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Rallentando

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What is the term for a piece of music getting faster?

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Accelerando

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What is the term for a piece of music getting quieter?

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Diminuendo

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13
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What is the term for a piece of music getting louder?

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Crescendo

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What is the term for something being played suddenly?

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Sforzando

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15
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What are the two tonalities of a piece?

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Major and Minor

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16
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What is Ragtime?

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Often played on piano. Features a strongly syncopated melody (meaning the notes don’t always fall on the beat)

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What is Rondo?

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A B A C A … A form where the first section (A) keeps returning, in between different sections

18
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What is Con sordino?

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Mute

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What is a Coda?

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A passage at the end of a piece of music which rounds it off effectively

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What is a Modulation?

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A complete change in key

21
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What is a Strophic?

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A song which has the same music repeated for verses/choruses

22
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What is Contrary Motion?

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Going up and down in pitch at the same time

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What is a Descant?

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Tune above the singer

24
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What is an Ornament?

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An ornament decorates a melody by adding extra notes

25
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What is a Discord?

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A chord in which certain notes clash. Sounds unpleasant

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What is Syncopation?

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Strongly accented notes playing off or against the beat. Notes coming in when unexpected

27
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What is Minimalist?

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Simple rhythmic and melodic figures which are constantly repeated with very slight changes each time

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What is a Cluster?

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A group of notes, which clash, played together

29
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What is Atonal?

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No feeling of key. It is not major or minor

30
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What is an Aria?

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A solo sung in an operatic style

31
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What is a Chromatic?

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12 half-steps

32
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What is Arco?

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String players using a bow

33
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What is Canon?

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Like repetition. Once one part begins to play, an

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