Nat 5 prelim Concepts Flashcards by Sophie smith | Brainscape

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Accelerando

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Getting faster

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Adagio

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Slow tempo

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African music

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Music from Africa- percussion based

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Allegro

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Fast tempo

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Alto

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Low female singing voice

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Andante

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Walking pace, walk with ur auntie

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Arco

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Playing string instrument with bow

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Aria

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Solo opera singer

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Bagpipes

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Scottish instrument

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Baroque

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Music style of the 17th and 18th centuries

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Clasarch

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Small Scottish harp

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Classical

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Style of music the period after baroque

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Con sordino

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Instrument played muted

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Concerto

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Instrument accompanied by an orchestra

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Crescendo

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Gradual increase in music loudness

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Descant

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Melody accompanying a simple music theme

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Glissando

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Slide to one note to another

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Gospel

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Religious music

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Homophonic

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All parts play same rhythm

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Indian music

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Music from India

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Inverted pedal

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Note held or played continuously at a high pitch

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Jig

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Fast dance in compound time

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Latin American

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Latin style of music

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Mezzo soprano

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Female voice between soprano and alto

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Minimalist

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20th Century music built on simple repeated phrases

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Modulation

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Change of key

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Mouth music

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Scottish style of scat singing nonsense words

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Musical

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Broadway music style

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Octave leap

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Movement from one octave to a higher or lower one

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Organ

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Instrument consisting of pipes

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Panpipes

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Roman flute style instrument

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Polyphonic

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Multiple parts playing different rhythm at same time

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Ragtime

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20th century jazz music style

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Rallentando

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Slowing down opposite of crescendo

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Reel

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Scottish folk dance fast simple time

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Reggae

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Jamaican music style

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Romantic

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Western classical music

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Scots snap

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Short note followed by long note

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Soprano

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High female voice

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Strathspey

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Simple time moderate tempo

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Strophic

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Verse chorus

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Syllabic

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One syllable per note opposite of

Melismatic

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Symphony

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4 orchestral groups playing together

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Tenor

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High male voice

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Trill

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Rapid change between two notes jaws theme music

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Waltz

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simple time music style slow