Performance Terms Flashcards

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1
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Solo

A

One player

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2
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Tone

A

Quality of performers sound

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3
Q

Forces

A

Instruments or voices that perform

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4
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Double

A

2 performers play together same notes

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5
Q

Double stopping

A

2 or more notes played together on a stringed instrument

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6
Q

Glissando

A

Slide between adjacent notes

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7
Q

Hammer on

A

Guitar technique to play fast by missing notes

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8
Q

Harmonics

A

Fundamental note with less clear higher pitches called harmonics

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9
Q

Improvisation

A

Composed as it is performed. Made as you go

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10
Q

Melisma

A

Group of notes for one syllable of text

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11
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Syllabic

A

One note for each syllable

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12
Q

Range

A

Distance between lowest and highest notes

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13
Q

Pizzicato

A

Plucked strings

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14
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Tremolo

A

Rapid repetition of single notes

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15
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Lyrics

A

Words

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