Week 3 Flashcards
Arpeggio
The playing of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
Bravura
In music, a florid passage requiring great skill in the performer; a display of daring; a brilliant performance
Contralto
The lowest female voice or part, between a soprano and a tenor, or a women having such a voice
Crescendo
A gradual increase in the volume or intensity of sound, or a music passage played in crescendo
Falsetto
A typically male singing voice, marked by artificially produced tones in an upper register that go beyond the voice’s normal range
Fortissimo
A very loud passage, sound, or tone
Imbroglio
A confused or difficult situation, or a confused heap of tangle
Largo
In a slow, solemn manner (a direction in music), or a slow, broad movement (noun)
Libretto
The text of an opera or other dramatic musical work
Limbo
State of neglect, or an intermediate place
Salvo
A simultaneous discharge of firearms, or a sudden outburst of cheers or the like.
Adagio
Slowly, in music
Staccato
music performed with a crisp, sharp attack to simulate rests between successive tones; composed of abrupt distinct emphatic parts or sounds.
Vendetta
blood feud, or a prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility.
Virago
a scold, or a noisy, tyrannizing woman.
