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Music Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Accelerando

uh - chell - er - on - dough

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gradually increasing in speed

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Adagio

uh - dah - zhee - o

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means “at ease” (66-76)

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Allegro

uh - leg - ro

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in a quick tempo (120)

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Andante

on - don - tay

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means “at a walking pace” (76-108)

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Cantabile

kun - taw - bee - lay

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in a smooth and flowing style, songlike

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Largo

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the most commonly indicated slow tempo

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Lento

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very slowly (40-60)

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Moderato

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in a moderate tempo (108-120)

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Presto

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a very fast tempo (faster than vivace)

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Vivace

vee - vach - a

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lively and fast (168-176)

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Ritardando

rit - ar - don - dough

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gradually decreasing in speed

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Scherzo

scare - t - zo

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a vigorous, light, or playful composition

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Rubato

roo - bot - toe

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the temporary disregarding of strict tempo to allow an expressive quickening or slackening

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Crescendo

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gradually increasing in volume

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Decrescendo

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gradually decreasing in volume

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Diminuendo

dee - men - you - in - dough

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gradual decrease in volume or intensity

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Interval

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the space between 2 notes

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Unison

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2 or notes sounding an identical pitch

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Da Capo (DC)

duh - cop - oh

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means “from the head” (the beginning)

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Fine

fee - nay

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means “end”

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Fugue

few - guh

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a piece of music in which the subject (or melody) is played in an overlapping fashion between various sections

22
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Cadence

kay - dense

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a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of resolution or finality.

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Ostinato

ahs - tin - aw - dough

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a short musical phrase or rhythm that is constantly repeated throughout a piece

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Forzando (fz) or Sforzando (sfz)

fort - zon - dough

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forcingly, sudden emphasis or accent

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Enharmonic

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notes that are the same in pitch though bear different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat)

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Chromatic

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using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written

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Octave

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An octave is a distance between two musical notes that have the same letter name. … It is called an ‘octave’ because there are eight notes in a scale

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Glissando

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a glide from one pitch to another. a rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

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Ornamentation

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an embellishment of a melody, either by adding notes or by modifying rhythms

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Sequence

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A sequence is where a passage of music is repeated at a higher or lower level of pitch.

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Espressivo

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Expressively

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Grandioso

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in a broad and noble style

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Molto

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much or very

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Poco

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to a slight degree; somewhat; little

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Pizzicato

pit - zee - cot - oh

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commonly used for string instruments to indicate that notes should be “plucked” with fingers instead of using a bow

36
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Accent

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emphasis, stress, or a stronger attack on the beginning of a note

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Legato

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to be played long and connected; flowing

38
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Marcato

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accented and separated

39
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Staccato

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light and separated

40
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Sostenuto

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means “sustained”

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Scherzando

scare - t - sond - oh

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to be played playfully or in a joking, light-hearted, happy manner

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Tenuto

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means “to hold” or give full value

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Tranquillo

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in a quiet or calm manner

44
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Tutti

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means “all together”. typically used to make the end of a solo passage

45
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Solo

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played by 1 person as a feature

46
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Soli

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featured passage of more than 1 player or instrument, such as an entire section

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