Music Terms Flashcards

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music

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música

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musical instrument

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instrumento musical

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lyrics

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letra de la canción

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a tune

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una melodía

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in tune

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afinado

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out of tune

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desafinado

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orchestra

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orquesta

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conductor

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director

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scale

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escala

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singing of scales

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solfeo

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to solfa (sing solfeg?)

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solfear

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singer

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cantante

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voice

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voz

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duet

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dúo

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trio

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trío

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chorus, choir

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coro

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tenor

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tenor

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baritone

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barítono

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bass

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bajo

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soprano

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soprano

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mezzo-soprano

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mezzo-soprano

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alto

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contralto

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note

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nota

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whole note

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redonda

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half note

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blanca

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quarter note

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negra

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eighth note

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corchea

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sixteenth note

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semicorchea

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rest

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silencio

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flat

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bemol

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sharp

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sostenido

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beat

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tiempo

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bar, measure

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compás

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treble clef

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clave de sol

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bass clef

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clave de fa

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chord

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acorde

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C

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do

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D

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re

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E

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mi

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F

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fa

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G

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sol

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A

A

la

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B

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si

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natural

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natural

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A-flat

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la bemol

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F-sharp

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fa sostenido

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E-natural

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mi natural

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B-double-flat

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si doble bemol

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G-double-sharp

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sol doble sostenido

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band

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banda

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51
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classical music

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música clásica

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composer

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compositor

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orchestra

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orquesta

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performance

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interpretación

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player

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intérprete

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sound

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sonido

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acoustics

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acústica

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vibration

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vibración

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to play

A

tocar

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key

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clave

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key of G

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clave de sol

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score

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partitura

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rhythm

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ritmo

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harmony

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armonía

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metronome

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metrónomo

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to tune

A

afinar

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major/minor

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mayor/menor

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augmented / perfect / diminished

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aumentado, / justo / disminuido

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quartet, quintet

A

cuarteto, quinteto

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whole, half, quarter rest

A

el silencio de redonda, blanca, negra…

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bar line

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la barra

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double bar (line)

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la doble barra

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repeat sign

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la repetición

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pick-up note

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la anacrusa

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first (second) ending

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la primera (segunda) casilla

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trill

A

el trino

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accent (normal, marcato)

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el acento

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fermata or hold

A

el calderón

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triplet (quarter-note)

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el tresillo [de negras]

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tie

A

la ligadura (de unión)

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slur

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la ligadura (de expresión)

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unison

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un unisono

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(major) second

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una segunda (mayor)

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(minor) third

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una tercera (menor)

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(augmented) fourth

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una cuarta (aumentada)

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(perfect) fifth

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una quinta (justa)

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(major) sixth

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una sexta (mayor)

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(diminished) seventh

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una séptima (disminuida)

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(perfect) octave

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una octava (justa)

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Letter B, second time (take the second ending)

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La letra B, como segunda.

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At the cut time.

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Al compás binario.

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Five before C.

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Cinco antes de la C. (Letters are feminine.)

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Eight after 21.

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Ocho después del veintiuno. (Numbers are masculine.)

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The fifth bar of M.

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Cinco después de la M.

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low (both low-register and flat)

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bajo, -a

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loud; louder

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fuerte; más fuerte

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soft

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suave, piano

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more

A

más

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less

A

menos

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concert

A

el concierto

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rehearsal

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el ensayo

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intermission, break

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el descanso

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to rehearse

A

ensayar

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to practice

A

estudiar

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fast

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rápido

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slow

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despacio (adv); lento, -a (adj)

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on time

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a tiempo

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right; wrong

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correcto, -a; incorrecto, -a

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almost

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casi

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too (=excessively)

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demasiado

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too much

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demasiado, -a

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too little

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demasiado poco, demasiado poca

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a little

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un poco

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early

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temprano

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late; behind

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tarde; atrás

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short

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corto, -a

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long

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largo, -a

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together

A

juntos, -as

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tutti, everybody

A

todos

120
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strings alone

A

sólo cuerda

121
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very good

A

muy bien

122
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okay, all right

A

vale

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3/4, 6/8, etc.

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tres por cuatro, seis por ocho, etc.

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legato, slurred

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ligado

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vibrato

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vibrato

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staccato

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estacato

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ensemble, group

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conjunto

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violinist

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el/la violinista