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Gradually growing faster

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Accelerando (Accel.) or Stringendo (String.)

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Choral music generally without accompaniment; literally - in the style of the chapel

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A cappella

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Emphasis or stress on one tone over others

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Accent

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At pleasure; at will

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Ad libitum (Ad lib.) or A placere

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Indicating 2/2 time or “cut time”; literally - on the breve (half note)

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Alla Breve

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Growing broader, that is, louder and slower

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Allargando

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Animated; excited; with life and spirit

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Animato

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Return to the original tempo

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A tempo

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Great technical skill, virtuosity

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Bravura

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A break in the music

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Caesura

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Any singing (lyric) style

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Cantabile

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A section added at the end of a composition or passage as a conclusion

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Coda

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A prefix meaning “with”

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Con

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With animation

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Con anima

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With force

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Con forza

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With spirit, lively

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Con spirito

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Increase in volume

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Crescendo

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To return and perform from the beginning

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Da capo (D.C.)

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To return and perform from the sign

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Del segno (D.S.)

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Becoming softer

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Decrescendo

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Gradually become softer

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Diminuendo

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Pertaining to the notes of a major or minor scale

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Diatonic

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A relation or state of tension between various tones

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Dissonance

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To divide; as into parts

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Divisi

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sweetly

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Dolce

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lower the tone one full step

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Double flat

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Raise the tone one full step

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Double sharp

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The level (amplitude) or loudness of sound

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Dynamics

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very soft

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Pianissimo (pp)

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soft

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Piano (p)

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medium soft

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Mezzo piano (mp)

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medium loud

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Mezzo forte (f)

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loud

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Forte (f)

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very loud

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Fortissimo (ff)

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Meaning “and”

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e, et, ed

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A different spelling of the same pitch or chord

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Enharmonic

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With expression, with feeling

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Espressivo

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A sign that indicates the note or rest over which it is placed is to be prolonged

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Fermata

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The end

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Fine

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Forced, a strong accent

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Forzando (fz)

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The distance or relation between two pitches

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Interval

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A grouping of accidentals placed at the beginning of a composition or section to indicate key

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Key signature

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No sharps

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C Major

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1 sharp

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G Major

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2 sharps

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D major

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3 sharps

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A major

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4 sharps

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E major

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5 sharps

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B major

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6 sharps

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F# major

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7 sharps

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C# major

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No flats

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C major

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1 flat

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F major

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2 flats

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Bb major

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3 flats

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Eb major

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4 flats

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Ab major

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5 flats

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Db major

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6 flats

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Gb major

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7 flats

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Cb major

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Smooth and connected

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Legato

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At the same tempo

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L’istesso tempo

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Majestic, with dignity

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Maestoso

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Marked, emphasized

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Marcato

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Use of many notes on one syllable of text

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Melisma

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A prefix meaning “less”

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Meno

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Less motion

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Meno mosso

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A change of key within a composition

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Modulation

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Much, very

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Molto

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Dying away

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Morendo

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Motion, movement

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Mosso, moto

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Nothing

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Niente

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Not

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Non

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Melodic decoration

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Ornament

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Alternate version of a set of notes

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Ossia

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With fervent emotion or passion

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Passione

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A natural division of the melodic line with a cadence; comparable to a clause or sentence

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Phrase

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More

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Piu

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Little by little

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Poco a poco

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As if, almost

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Quasi

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Becoming slower

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Rallentando (Rall.)

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Becoming slower

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Ritardando (Rit.)

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Free use of accelerando and ritardando within a measure without altering the duration of the measure as a whole

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Rubato

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Without

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Sans

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Playfully

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Scherzando

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Always

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Sempre

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Without

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Senza

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Repetition of a set of notes at a different scale degree

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Sequence

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Forced or accented

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Sforzando or Sforzato (sf or sfz)

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In a similar manner

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Simile

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Softly, with a subdued voice, literally “under the voice”

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Sotto voce

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Detatched

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Staccato

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Suddenly

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Subito

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To be silent

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Tacet

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The pace at which a composition is to be performed; rate of speed

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Tempo

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very, very slow

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Grave

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very slow

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Largo

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less slow than largo

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Larghetto

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slow

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Adagio

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moderately slow

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Lento

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moderate; walking tempo

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Andante

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less slow than andante

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Andantino

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medium tempo

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Moderato

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less fast than allegro

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Allegretto

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fast

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Allegro

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very fast and lively

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Vivace, Vivo

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extremely fast

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Presto

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as fast as possible

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Prestissimo

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Hold or sustain

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Tenuto

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The location of the majority of pitches in a composition or section

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Tessitura

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Tone color

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Timbre

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A symbol indicating the type of meter and the unit of beat

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Time Signature

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All notes in a scale related to one central tone

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Tonality

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Tranquil, peaceful

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Tranquillo

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All

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Tutti

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Voices on the same pitch or mixed voices in octaves

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Unison

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