Vocab Q4

Question 1

ritardando

Answer 1

to gradually decrease in tempo/speed to slow down

Question 2

Accelerando

Answer 2

to gradually increase in tempo/speed to get faster

Question 3

A tempo

Answer 3

return to original tempo

Question 4

molto

Answer 4

much

Question 5

fermata

Answer 5

hold note longer than the full value until conducter cuts off
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Question 6

tie connect

Answer 6

two notes with the same name .|_.|

Question 7

slur

Answer 7

connects two or more notes with a different lettter name .|/.|

Question 8

accent

Answer 8

to stress the note .|
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Question 9

tenuto

Answer 9

hold note to full value .|
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Question 10

staccato

Answer 10

short a detached .|
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Question 11

legato

Answer 11

smooth and connected. shown in music with a slur

Question 12

key signature

Answer 12

the flats or sharps at the beginning of a song that indicates where to find “do”

Question 13

time signature

Answer 13

the two numbers at the beginning of a piece of music that tells you how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note gets what beat.

Question 14

breath mark

Answer 14

a place designed to take a breath .
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Question 15

accidentals

Answer 15

notes that are changed with a flat, sharp, or natural for one measure

Question 16

sharp

Answer 16

raises notes by half #

Question 17

natural

Answer 17

cancels flats or sharps |
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Question 18

flat

Answer 18

lowers note by half step
b

Question 19

poco a poco

Answer 19

little by little

Question 20

rubato

Answer 20

freely slowing down and speeding up the tempo without changing the basic pulse

Question 21

caesura

Answer 21

also known as a grand pause. a sudden silence in the music
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Question 22

slow

Answer 22

adagio or largo

Question 23

meduim

Answer 23

moderato or andante

Question 24

fast

Answer 24

allergo or presto