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9-12 ALLSTATE VOCAB
2019-2020
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A tempo | return to the original tempo after some deviation |
| Accelerando | becoming gradually faster |
| Allargando | slowing of tempo, usually with increasing volume; most frequently occurs toward the end of a piece |
| Allegro con spirito | fast tempo with spirit |
| Anacrusis | upbeat or pickup |
| Andante | rather slow, at a moderate walking speed |
| Arpeggio | the notes of the chord played in succession to one another, rather than simultaneously; a broken chord |
| Bel canto | "beautiful singing"; an italian Opera term |
| Binary form | AB- form of a composition that has two distinct sections |
| Cantabile | in a singing style; singable |
| Chromatic | motion by half steps; also describes harmony or melody that employs some of the sequential 12 pitches (semi-tones) in an octave |
| D.C or Da Capo | repeat from the beginning of the composition |
| Descant | a high obligato part above the melody |
| Divisi | performers singing the same part are divided to sing different parts |
| Dolce | sweetly, usually also softly |
| Espressivo | to play and sing with expression |
| Falsetto | type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyof the normal vocal range |
| Fermata | a pause or hold |
| Form | the organization |
| Grandioso | grand, majestic |
| Improvisation | music that is created spontaneously |
| Interval | the relationship between two pitches, the distance between an upper and a lower pitch |
| Largo | very slow and broad |
| Ledger lines | short horizontal lines used to extend a staff either higher or lower |
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