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music theory Flashcards

1
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A Cappella

A

Unaccompanied vocal music

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2
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Accelerando

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Gradually faster

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3
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Acciaccatura

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Lean on

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4
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Adagio

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Slow

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5
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Adagietto

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Rather slow

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6
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Adagissimo

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Very slow

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7
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Affrettando

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Hurrying, pressing onwards

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8
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Agitato

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Agitated

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9
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Alla Breve

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two minim beats

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10
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Allargando

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Getting slower,, bigger tone

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11
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Allegro

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Lively, fast

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12
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Allegretto

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Rather lively (but less so than Allegro)

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13
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Andante

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Moderate pace

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14
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Anima

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Soul, with deep feeling

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15
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Animato

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Animated

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16
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A piacere

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At pleasure

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17
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Appoggiatura

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Grace note

18
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Arco

A

string players to resume use of bow

19
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Assai

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Very

20
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A tempo

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In time, resume normal speed

21
Q

Attacca

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Go on at once

22
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Ben

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Well

23
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Bewegt

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With movement

24
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Breit

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Broad

25
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Bravura

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Boldness and spirit

26
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Brillante

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Brilliant

27
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Brio

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Vigour

28
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Calando

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Decreasing both tone and speed

29
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Canabile/ Cantando

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In a singing style

30
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Capo

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From the beginning

31
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Coda

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A passage added at the end of a movement to make a satisfactory finish

32
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Col legno

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A direction to string players to use wood of the bow

33
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Colla parte

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A direction to the accompanist

34
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Colla voce

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To follow the sole instrument or voice

35
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Come

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As

36
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Come prima

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As at first

37
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Come sopra

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As above

38
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Comodo

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Convenient (linked with tempo), at a convenient place

39
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con

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with

40
Q

Con sordino

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with the mute,

41
Q

Crescendo

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becoming gradually louder

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