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Stack #196926
Apex High Bands Final Words
| Musical Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Time Signature | How many beats per measure, and what kind of note gets the beat. |
| Key Signature | Indicates the tonality of the song. |
| Sharp | Raises a note up a half step. |
| Flat | Lowers a note down a half step. |
| Natural | Cancels a flat or sharp |
| Tie | a line connecting two or more notes of the same pitch. |
| Slur | a line over or under a series of notes(phrase)(passage). |
| Poco a Poco | Little by Little |
| Crescendo | To smoothly increase the volume of a note or phrase. |
| Decrescendo | To smoothly decrese the volume of a note or phrase. |
| Ascend | To move upward in direction. |
| Descend | to move downward in direction. |
| Pianissimo | The quietest, softest dynamic marking. |
| Piano | A soft, quiet dynamic marking. |
| Mezzo-Piano | A medium soft dynamic marking. |
| Mezzo-Forte | a medium loud dynamic marking. |
| Forte | a loud dynamic marking. |
| Fortissimo | A very loud dynamic marking. |
| Accelerando | a gradual increase in tempo. |
| Leggiero | Light. In a swift, delicate manner. |
| Dolce | Played in a Sweet, Soft manner. |
| Tutti | When all instruments play together. |
| Solo | One player alone. |
| Da capo | A directive to return to the begining of a song or composition. |
| Dal Segno | a directive to repeat a specific section of a song. |
| Coda | To play the end of a song. |
| Fine | an indication of where the song ends. |
| Fermata | To sustain a note as long as the conductor allows. |
| Accent | A sharp attack to a note. |
| Staccato | Played in a light, seperated, detached manner or articulation. |
| Legato | Played in a smooth, connected style of articulation. |
| Picardy 3rd | When a minor key song ends with a major chord. Accomplished by raising the last chord's third scale degree up one half step. |
| A tempo | Original tempo |
| L'istesso Tempo | the same tempo |
| Tempo Primo | main tempo |
| Allegro | a fast tempo. Quarter note 120-168. |
| Andante | a moderately slow tempo. Quarter note 76-108. |
| Adagio | a slow tempo. Quarter note 66-76. |
| Largo | Very slow tempo. Quarter note 40-60. |
| Presto | Very fast tempo. Quarter note 200 up. |
| vicace | a lively, brisk tempo. Quarter note 168. |
| Piu | More |
| Molto | Very much of |
| Intervial | The distance between two notes. In therms of pitch. |
| Rallentando | a quick slowdown in tempo |
| Ritardando | an deven slowdown in tempo |
| Forte-Piano | Start forte, quickly diminish to piano. |
| Unison | Two or more instruments playing the same pitches. |
| Consonance | notes that sound sweet or pleasing together. |
| Dissonance | notes that do not sound sweet or pleasing together. |
| suspension | a note held within a chord that pushes for resolution. |
| Timbre | Quality of sound. The component of a tone that makes an instrument sound unique to other instruments. |
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willclassof11
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