Referance Center Flashcards
12-note scale with each note one half step from its neighbor
Chromatic scale
3 or more notes played at the same time
Chord
Signs indicating how to read the lines and spaces of the music staff
Clef signs; treble alto and bass
Go back to the sign and play until you come to the end of the measured marked “fine”
D.S al fine
Part if the section plays the top notes and part of the section plays the bottom notes
Divisi
Softness and loudness of music
Dynamics ; pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo, crescendo, diminuendo
Two or more martele strokes in the same direction of the bow
Martele sticcato
Play longer than written
Fermata (hold)
A special musical composition written to develop technique
Etude
The smallest interval between two notes
Half step
Pitch distance between two notes
Interval
Two notes of the same pitch but spelled differently
Enharmonic
Pattern of sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff
Key signatures
Time signatures; common time , alla breve
Meters
Very
Molto
Composers plan of organization for a piece of music. The way a composition unfolds in time
Musical form
A musical thought usually four measures long
Phrase
Music for one player with or without an accompaniment
Solo
Everyone plays the same notes and rythms
Unisono
Notes played by touching the string lightly with the finger
Harmonic
A shift of the natural accent in music usually to the middle of the beat
Syncopation
Play smoothly connected
Legato
The speed of music
Tempo
Bounced bow stroke
Spiccato
Beginning of the note played suddenly louder
Accent
Two or more legato but slightly separated notes in the same dorevtion of the bow
Portato
Note values that evenly divide the beats into three parts
Triplet
Planned usage of a specific part and amount of bow
Bow division
Crisp stroke, starting with the bow planted deeply into the string
Martele
The part of using different speeds of bow
Bow speed
Sharp, flat or natural signs found in the music not the key signature
Accidentals
An interval two half steps wide
Whole step
Notes of a chord played at a time
Arpeggio