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Terms Test 1 Flashcards

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Accelerando, accel

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Gradually faster

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Accent

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Placed above a note to indicate stress or emphasis

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Accidental

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A sharp, flat, or natural not included in the given key

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Accompaniment

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A vocal or instrument part that supports or is background for a solo part

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Adagio

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Slow; slower than andante, faster than largo

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Al coda

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“To the coda”

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Aleatory or aleatoric music

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Chance music in which the performers are free to perform their own material and/or their own manner of presentation

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Al fine

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To the end

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Alla breve

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Cut time; meter in which there are two beats in each measure and a half note received one beat

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Alargando, allarg

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Slowing of tempo, usually with increasing volume; most frequently occurs toward the end of a piece

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Allegretto

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Slower than allegro

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Allegro

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Quick tempo; cheerful

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Al segno

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Return to the sign, Dal segno.

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Alteration

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The raising or lowering of a note by means of an accidental

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Andante

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Moderate tempo

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Andantino

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Slightly faster than andante

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A niente

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To nothing, e.g. to ppp

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Animato

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Animated; lively

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Augmentation

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The term for a major or perfect interval which has been enlarged by one half step. Also used for a triad with an augmented fifth

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Bitonality

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The occurrence of two different tonalities at the same time

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Cadence

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A chordal or melodic progression which occurs at the close of a phrase, section, or composition, giving a feeling of repose; a temporary or permanent ending. The most frequently used cadences are perfect, plagal, and deceptive

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Cadenza

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A solo passage, often virtuosic , usually near the end of a piece, either written by the composer or improvised by the performer

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Caesura

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A sudden silencing of the sound; a pause or break, indicated by the following symbol: //

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Canon

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The strictest form of imitation, in which two or more parts have the same melody but start at different points

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Canonic

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A term used to describe a polyphonic style of music in which all the parts have the same melody but which start at different times

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Cantabile

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In a singing style

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Chance music

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Aleatoric music

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Chorale

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Hymn-like song, characterized by blocked chords

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Chord

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A combination of three or more tones sounded simultaneously

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Chromatic

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Ascending or descending by half steps

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Coda

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Closing section of a composition. An added ending

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Con

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With

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Con brio

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With spirit; vigorously

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Con calore

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With warmth

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Con moto

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With motion

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Consonance

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Intervallic relationships which produce sounds of repose. Frequently associated with octave, third, and sixth intervals; however, fourths and fifths may be sounds of consonance, as in both early and 20th century music

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Consort

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A 17th century term for instrumental chamber ensembles and for the compositions written for these ensembles

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Con spirito

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With spirit

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Crescendo

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Gradually louder

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Cue

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Indication by the conductor or a spoke word or gesture for a performer to make an entry. Small notes that indicate another performer’s part. Music occurrence in a film

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Cut time

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2/2 meter

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Da capo, D.C.

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Return to the beginning

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Dal segno, D.S.

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Repeat from the sign. Frequently followed by al Fine

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Deceptive cadence

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Chordal progression dominant (V) to a chord other than the expected tonic

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Decrescendo

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Gradually softer. Synonymous with diminuendo

46
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Diminished

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The term for an interval which has been decreased from the major by two half steps and from the perfect by one half step. Also used for a triad which has a minor third and a diminished fifth

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Diminuendo, dim

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Gradually softer, synonymous with decrescendo

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Diminution

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The shortening of note values; the opposite of augmentation

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Dissonance

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Sounds of unrest e.g. intervals of seconds and sevenths; the opposite of consonance

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Divisi, div

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An indication of divided musical parts

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Dolce

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Sweetly

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Dolcissimo

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Very sweetly

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Doloroso

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Sadly; mournfully

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Dominant

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The fifth degree of the major or minor scale. Also, the term for the triad built on the fifth degree, labeled V in harmonic analysis

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Double bar

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Two vertical lines placed on the staff to indicate the end of a section or a composition. Also used with two dots to enclose repeated sections

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D Enharmonic

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A term used to describe notes of the same pitch which have different names

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Espressivo

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Expressively

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Dynamics

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Varying degrees of loud and soft

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Fine

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The end

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First ending

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One or more measure which occur at the end of the stanza or stanzas.

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Form

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The design or structure of a musical composition

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Forte

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Loud

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Fortissimo

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Very loud

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Giocoso

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Playful

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Giubilante

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Exultant, jubilant

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Glissando

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The rapid scale achieved by sliding the nail of the thumb or third finger over the white keys of the piano. Glissando is commonly used in playing the harp. For bowed instruments, glissando indicates a flowing, unaccented playing of a passage

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Grandioso

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Grandiose, majestic

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Grand pause

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A rest for the entire ensemble

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Half step

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The interval from one pitch to the immediately adjacent pitch, ascending or descending. The smallest interval on the keyboard

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Harmony

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The sounding of two or more tones simultaneously; the vertical aspect of music

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Hemiola

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The term applied to time values in the ration of 3:2, e.g. three half note in place of two dotted half notes

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Homophony, Homophonic

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Musical texture which is characterized by chordal support of a melodic line

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Instrumentation

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The art of composing, orchestrating, or arranging for an instrumental ensemble

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Interval

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The difference in pitch between two tones

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Inversion

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As applied to music the term may be used in both melody and harmony. Melodic inversion: an exchange of ascending and descending movements. Harmonic inversion: the position of the chord is changed from root position (root on lowest pitch) to first inversion, with the third, or second inversion, with the fifth in the lowest voice.

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Key signature

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The sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the staff to denote the scale upon which teh music is based

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Largamente

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Broadly

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Larghetto

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Slower than largo

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Largo

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Very slow

80
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Leading tone

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The seventh degree of the major scale, so called because of its strong tendency to resolve upward to the tonic

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Ledger lines

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Short lines placed above and below get the staff for pitches beyond the range of the staff

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Legato

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Smooth, connected

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Lento

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Slow; slightly faster than largo, slower than adagio

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