Music Terms and symmbols Flashcards
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pianissimo - very quiet
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accent - momentary emphasis on a note
decresc.
decrescendo - gradually get softer
pizz.
pizzicato- plucking strings
cresc
crescendo - gradually getting louder
p
piano - soft
mf
mezzo forte - moderately loud
f
forte - loud
ff
fortissimo - very loud
arco
bowed
dim.
dimineundo - decrease in loudness
cresc. molto
crescendo molto - quickly get louder
poco
a little
Allegro
brisk, lively tempo
tr.
trill
diminution
the shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part.
alberti bass
a repeated accompaniment figure that usually consists of the notes of a triad played in steady eighth or sixteenth notes in the order lowest-highest-middle-highest.
cadance
the end of a phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of resolution.
antiphony
call and response
circle of 5ths
a way of organizing the 12 chromatic pitches as a sequence of perfect fifths
modulation
the change from one tonality (tonic, or tonal center) to another
appogiatura
an ornamental note of long or short duration that temporarily displaces, and subsequently resolves into, a main note, usually by stepwise motion. - A GRACE NOTE
sequence
a melodic or chordal figure repeated at a new pitch level (that is, transposed), thus unifying and developing musical material.
tonic
tonic, also called keynote, in music, the first note (degree) of any diatonic (e.g., major or minor) scale.
monophonic
having a single unaccompanied melodic line- one layer of sound
homophonic
melody and accompaniment
polyphonic
multiple lines of equal importance
Density effects what?
volume
fragmentation
division of a musical idea (gesture, motive, theme, etc.) into segments”
tierce de picardie
major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section that is either modal or in a minor key
