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tempo, vocab Flashcards

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1
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Very slow #1 (slowest)

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grave

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Very slow #2

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largo

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Very slow #3

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larghetto

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Slow #1

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lento

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Slow #2

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adagio

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moderately slow # 1

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andante

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moderately slow # 2

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andantino

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moderate

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moderato

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fast #1

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allegretto

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fast #2

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allegro

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very fast #1

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vivace

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very fast # 2

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presto

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very fast # 3 (fastest)

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prestissimo

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14
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increase speed

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accelerando (accel.)

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gradually slow down

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ritardando (rit.)

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16
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abruptly slow down

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ritenuto (riten.)

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general freedom with no respect to tempo

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rubato

18
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basic pulse of music passage

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beat

19
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follows a symbol and adds one-half the value of the note, rest, or dot that precedes it

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dot

20
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rate at which beats occur

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tempo

21
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the time aspect of music, contrasted with pitch aspect

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rhythm

22
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order, slowest to fastest tempo

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grave, largo, larghetto, lento, adagio, andante, andantino, moderato, allegretto, allegro, vivace, presto, prestissimo

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connects two notes, creating a value equal to their sum

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tie

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whole note, half note, etc

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durational note

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used to group together (NOT TIE) durations shorter than a quarter note

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beams

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patterns of 2, 3, 4, beats

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duple, triple, quadruple meters

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beats in any meter that divide into 2 equal parts

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simple

28
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beats in any meter that divide into 3 equal parts

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compound

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used when beat divides in a way that is contrary to the prevailing division of the beat

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tuplet

30
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expression of a metric pattern at a higher level (as in groups of measures)

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hypermeter

31
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a symbol that tells the performer the beat an meter types and what note value will represent the beat

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time signature

32
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two beat measure (duple)

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strong-weak

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three beat measure (triple)

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strong- weak-weak

34
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four beat measure (quadruple)

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strong- weak- less strong- weak

35
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the bottom number on the time signature indicates the beat note

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simple - just take the beat note
compound- take the division of the beat note (divide in 2)

36
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simple beat always has

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2, 3, or 4 as top number

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compound beat always has

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6, 9, or 12 as top number- you must divide the top number of a compound time signature by 3 to find out how many beats will occur in each measure

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you must divide the top number of a compound time signature by 3 to find out how many beats will occur in each measure

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39
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rhythmic figures that stress normally weak beats or divisions

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syncopations

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