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Musical Terms And Symbols Flashcards

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1
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What is a metronome

A

A gadget which makes a loud, regular clicking noise. You can adjust the speed of the clocks which make the tempo

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What are metronome markings

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They appear above the stave, to tell you about the tempo of the music. They are made up of a note symbol and a number, joined together by the equal signs

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What does Allargando mean

A

Broadening (getting a little slower and probably a little louder)

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4
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What does allegro assai mean

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Very quick

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What does andantino mean

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Slightly faster than andante (or slightly slower)

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6
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What does grave mean

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Very slow and solemn

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7
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What does Larghetto mean

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Rather slow (but faster than largo)

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What does largo mean

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Slow and stately

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What does presto mean

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Very fast

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10
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What does vivace mean

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Lively and quickly

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What does vivo mean

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Lively and quickly

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What does sforzato mean

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Forced, accented

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13
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What does dolce mean

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Sweetly and softly

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What does espressivo mean

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Expressive

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What does giocoso mean

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Playfully, merry

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16
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What does grazioso

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Gracefully

17
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What does maestoso mean

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Majestically

18
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What does sostenuto mean

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Sustained

19
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What does tenuto mean

A

Held

20
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What does assai mean

A

Very

21
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What does Marcia mean

A

March

22
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What does meno mean

A

Less

23
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What does molto mean

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Very,much

24
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What does Mosso or moto mean

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Movement

25
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What does non mean

A

Not

26
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What does piu mean

A

More

27
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What does senza mean

A

Without

28
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What does troops mean

A

Too much

29
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What does staccato mean

A

Short and detached

29
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What does Da capo (DC) mean

A

From the beginning

29
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What does dal segno (DS) mean

A

From the sign

30
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What does Fine mean

A

The end

31
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What does poco mean

A

A little

32
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What is tonality

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Tonality is, in simple terms, the key in which a piece of music is written, or a word to denote music written using conventional keys and harmony.

33
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What is character in music

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Character in music is expressed in sound by means of timbre (sound quality), dynamics (loudness), balance (relative simultaneous loudnesses), articulation (amount of connection between successive notes), tempo (speed), beat division (number of counts per measure), and the amount of rubato (rhythmic flexibility).

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