Nat 5 prelim Concepts Flashcards

1
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Accelerando

A

Getting faster

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2
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Adagio

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Slow tempo

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3
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African music

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Music from Africa- percussion based

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4
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Allegro

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Fast tempo

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5
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Alto

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Low female singing voice

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6
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Andante

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Walking pace, walk with ur auntie

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7
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Arco

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Playing string instrument with bow

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8
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Aria

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Solo opera singer

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9
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Bagpipes

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Scottish instrument

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10
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Baroque

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Music style of the 17th and 18th centuries

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11
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Clasarch

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Small Scottish harp

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12
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Classical

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Style of music the period after baroque

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13
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Con sordino

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Instrument played muted

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14
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Concerto

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Instrument accompanied by an orchestra

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15
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Crescendo

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Gradual increase in music loudness

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16
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Descant

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Melody accompanying a simple music theme

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17
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Glissando

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Slide to one note to another

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18
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Gospel

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Religious music

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19
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Homophonic

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All parts play same rhythm

20
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Indian music

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Music from India

21
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Inverted pedal

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Note held or played continuously at a high pitch

22
Q

Jig

A

Fast dance in compound time

23
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Latin American

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Latin style of music

24
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Mezzo soprano

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Female voice between soprano and alto

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Minimalist
20th Century music built on simple repeated phrases
26
Modulation
Change of key
27
Mouth music
Scottish style of scat singing nonsense words
28
Musical
Broadway music style
29
Octave leap
Movement from one octave to a higher or lower one
30
Organ
Instrument consisting of pipes
31
Panpipes
Roman flute style instrument
32
Polyphonic
Multiple parts playing different rhythm at same time
33
Ragtime
20th century jazz music style
34
Rallentando
Slowing down opposite of crescendo
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Reel
Scottish folk dance fast simple time
36
Reggae
Jamaican music style
37
Romantic
Western classical music
38
Scots snap
Short note followed by long note
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Soprano
High female voice
40
Strathspey
Simple time moderate tempo
41
Strophic
Verse chorus
42
Syllabic
One syllable per note opposite of | Melismatic
43
Symphony
4 orchestral groups playing together
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Tenor
High male voice
45
Trill
Rapid change between two notes jaws theme music
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Waltz
simple time music style slow