music vocabulary

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Adagio

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slowly

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Aeolian

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scale that starts with A

W,H,W,W,W,W

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Allegro

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in a quick lively tempo

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Andante

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at a moderately slow tempo

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Aria

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Solo voice

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Atonal

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characterized by avoidance of traditional diatonic scales

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ballad

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a narrative poem of popular orgin

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binary

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2 themes happening ( there are many different versions of binary)

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blue grass

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upbeat harmonized country

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Cadenza

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a solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

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Calando

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gradually decreasing in tempo and volumne

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Canon

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pieces of music in which a melody is imitated in other parts

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Cantabile

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slow and flowing

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Cantata

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a musical composition for voice and orchestra

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Castrato

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a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

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Chromatic

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includes 12 tones all notes in half steps

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Concerto

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a compostion for orchestra and a soloist

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concerto grosso

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a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments

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conjunct

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progressing melodically by intervals of a second

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diatonic

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based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music

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diminuendo

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a gradually decrease in loudness

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diphthong

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a sound that glides between 2 vowels in a single syllable

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disjunct

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progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second

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dissonance

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disagreeable sound

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Dorian

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mode starting on D

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Duple

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2 beats per measure

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embellishments

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added notes like ornamentation

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Etude

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a short technical composition for solo instrument

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fanfare

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a short lively tune played on a brass instrument

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fugue

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a musical form consisting of a repeated theme

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glissando

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a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

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interlude

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an intervening period or episode

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intonation

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pitch accuracy

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Ionian

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mode starting on C

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Largo

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slowly and broadly

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leitmotif

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a melodic phrase that accompanies a person or situation

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lento

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slow

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libretto

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the word of an opera or musical play

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ligature

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a group of notes connected by a slur

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lydian

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mode starting on G

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motif

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a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

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nocturne

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a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)

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obbligato or obligato

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a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

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oratorio

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a musical composition for voices and orchestra

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ostinato

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a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition

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overture

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orchestral music at the beginning of an opera or musical

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pentatonic

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5 notes in scale

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Phyrigian

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Mode starting on E

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Pizzicato

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with a light plucky staccato sound

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Prelude

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music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

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presto

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at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)

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recapitulate

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repeat an earlier theme of a composition

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refrain

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part of the song or poem that recurs at regular intervals

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register

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timbre characteristic of a certain range of the human voice

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reprise

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repeat an earlier theme of a composition

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requiem

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a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

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resonance

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the characteristic of having loud deep sound

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rococo

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having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation

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rondo

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a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata ABACA

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rubato

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a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat

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strophe

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one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama

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ternary

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ABA

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timbre

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tone color or tone quality

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vivace

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lively in music

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scherzo

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a fast movement ususally in triple time

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sonata form

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a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony

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suite

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a musical composition of several loosely connected movements

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virtuoso

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one who excels in the technique of an art especially