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Choir Vocab
Semester Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chromatic | Semi-tones |
| Valse | waltz 3/4 |
| con | with |
| Giocoso | joyfully |
| Sherzo | Playful and rapid tempo |
| Stringendo | Gradually faster |
| Al fine | To the finish |
| misterioso | Mysteriously |
| Doloroso | Sorrowful |
| Apassionato | Passionately |
| Ad libitum | At will |
| Sherzando | in a light playful style |
| Estinto | Soft |
| Lacrimoso | tearful, mourning |
| organum | sacred music consisting of a chant |
| Da capo | From the beginning |
| Brilliante | Brilliantly |
| Largo | very slow |
| Tranquillo | Calm |
| passacaglia | Court dance |
| non troppo | Not to much |
| ebollimento | Sudden passion |
| Smorzando | Dying away |
| augmented | raised or enlarged |
| Clam | a wrong note in a performance |
| Chops | A musician's playing ability |
| Decay | the fading out of a note |
| Downbeat | the first beat |
| Festoso | merry |
| Interval | Distance between two notes |
| ottava | an octave |
| Simile | Continue in the same manner |
| marziale | martial |
| vibration | a rapid back and forth motion |
| brio, con | with spirit |
| segno | the sign |
| modulation | to change keys |
| larghissimo | slower then largo |
| Chaconne | harmonic passages |
| motet | composition baed on a sacred scripture without accompiament |