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Musicianship I

QuestionAnswer
Fixed Do Do is always C
Movable Do Do can be any letter
Consonance "Sounding together
Dissonance Not agreeing in sound
Melody single sequence of notes
Harmony joint/joining. Created with many lines of melody
Rhythms An arrangement of sounds and silences based on duration and stress
Beat counting in a measure
Pulse feeling of strong and weak beats or parts of beats
Meter the arrangement of strong and weak beats
Vivace lively
Presto very fast
Allegro fast
Allegretto medium fast
Moderato medium
Andante walking speed. moderately slow
Lento very slow
Largo very slow
Grave slow as death
Scherzo a joke, fast tempo. sudden, unexpected dynamic changes
Scherzando all of scherzo but its the style of the piece
Ritardando Gradually slow down
Stringendo gradually speed up
Accelerando Gradually speed up
Hemiola two over three or three over two
Syncopation emphasis on the weak beats
Assai A lot
Molto very, a lot
Con with
Crescendo gradually get faster
Decrescendo gradually get slower
Fermata/Fermato a hold or pause
Lunga long
Marcato with emphasis
Staccato with space
portato to carry under the sound under one bow
tenuto full value note
legato full value style
sostenuto sustain
Diminuendo get softer/diminish
Forzando Forcefully accented
Sfortzando Suddenly forcefully accented
Fortepiano Loud then soft on sustain
agitato agitated
poco little
poco a poco little by little
mezzo medium
subito suddenly
meno less
molto much/a lot
piu More
appassionato passionately
fortissimo FF
Forte F
Mezzo Forte MF
Mezzo Piano MP
Piano P
Pianissimo PP
Rubato rob time/stolen time
Ad Libitum (Ad Lib.) At ones pleasure
Morendo Die away
mosso Motion
da capo the head
Dal segno the sign
coda ending
fine end
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