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Accelerando   gradually accelerating or getting faster  
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Molto   a great deal, extremely  
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Subito   at once, imeadiatly  
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Rallantando   gradual slowing of the temp  
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Flat   indicating that the pitch should be lowered half a step  
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Sharp   raises the pitch half a step  
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Ledger Lines   lines that extend the staff  
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Accidental   indicates that the pitch of the staff should be altered by one or two steps  
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Natural   shows that the note should be played unaltered  
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A Capella   sung or played without accompianment  
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Ritardando   gradually delay the temp  
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Grand Staff   shows both the treble clef and the bass clef with a common line in the middle showing middle C  
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Chromatic Scale   a scale that divides the octaves into semi-tones  
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Key Signature   shows how many sharps flat or naturals are the a given composition  
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Time Signature   a symbol placed at left side of the staff indicating meter of the composition  
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Crescendo   to smoothly increase the volume of a phrase  
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Decrescendo   to smoothly decrease the volume of a phrase  
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Scale   a series of notes in ascending or descending order.  
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Forte   Loud  
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Piano   Softly  
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Pick-up note   notes that precede that first strong beat  
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tutti   the opposite of solo  
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adagio   a slow tempo  
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allegro   a fast tempo  
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Vivace   lively  
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Andante   a moderate tempo  
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Solo   sung or played alone  
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Tenuto   To hold a note longer than its duration  
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Whole note   4 beats  
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Da Capo   To go back to the beginning of the composition  
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Accent   A stress or special emphasis on a beat  
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Dal Segno   Go back to the sign  
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Half note   2 beats  
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Treble clef   also known has G clef, shows where G is on the staff  
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Quarter note   1 beat in 4/4 time  
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Bass clef   also known as F clef, shows where F is on the staff  
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Eighth note   1/2 a beat  
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Chorale   4 voice harmony  
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A tempo   to go back to the original tempo  
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Espressivo   to play or sing with expression  
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Enharmonic   same note different way to say it ex. A flat is the same as G#  
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First Ending   repeated section  
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Second Ending   a repeated section that is different from the first ending  
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Composer   The person who writes music  
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Classical Era   Music that was written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Composers include Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven  
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Baroque Era   1600-1750 C.E. Johann Sebastian Bach George Handel  
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Renaissance Era   15th-16th centuries Thomas Weelkes Thomas Morley  
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Romantic Era   ending around 1900 following the classical era Franz Shubert & Richard Wagner  
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Middle Ages   600 C.E. until 1450 C.E  
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Melody   a tune a succession of tones the dominant tune  
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Harmony   the combination of notes sounded simultaneously to produce chords  
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Countermelody   A second but subordinate melodic line  
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Consonance   an accord of sounds sweet & pleasing to the ear  
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Dissonance   two notes sounded together which are discordant  
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Improvisation   performing music without preparation  
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Intonation   the term referring to the proper production of tome so that it is exactly in tune  
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Octave   an interval spanning seven diatomic degrees. C to C  
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Descant   an early form of harmony in the medieval era, the soprano voice  
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Presto   very quickly  
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Mass   the central service of the Roman Catholic Church  
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Solfege   singing exercises to the syllables of solmization. Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do  
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Interval   distance between two pitches  
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Fermata    
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