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Music Vocab Terms 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Second Ending | Normally, the second ending is shown with the trailing end of the symbol ope |
| First Ending | Often, repeated sections of a composition will have different endings for each repeat of that section. |
| Composer | The person who writes music (conceptualize and notate). A composer is thought of as a performer but, more recently, a composer is not considered a performer in the pre-20th century sense. |
| Classical Era | That music which was written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. |
| Baroque Era | The music of the period c. 1600 - 1750 C.E., directly following the Renaissance and preceding the Classical era |
| Renaissance Era | That era of music covering the 15th through 16 century |
| Romantic Era | Era following Classical music and ending around 1900 |
| Middle ages | The music from the period of about 600 C.E. until about 1450 C.E. |
| Melody | A tune; dominant tune |
| Harmony | The combination of notes sounded simultaneously to produce chords |
| Countermelody | A second but subordinate melodic line sometimes found in music which has a melody and an accompaniment. |
| Consonance | An accord of sounds sweet and pleasing to the ear. |
| Dissonance | Two or more notes sounded together which are discordant |
| Improvisation | Term referring to spontaneous performance of music without previous preparation. |
| Octave | An interval spanning seven diatonic degrees. |
| Descant | formed by adding a part or parts to tenor |
| Presto | A directive to perform the indicated passage quickly. |
| Mass | The liturgy of the Eucharist |
| Solmization (Solfege) | Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do |
| Interval | Distance between 2 pitches. |
| Tutti | To play with all instrumental together. |
| Adagio | slow tempo |
| Allegro | fast tempo |
| Vivace | to play briskly/ in a brisk manner |
| Andante | moderately slow tempo |
| Solo | to perform alone |
| Tenuto | to hold a note longer than full domain |
| Whole note | 4 beats |
| Dal Capo | To return back to the beginning of the passage |
| Accent | A special emphasis on a note |
| Dal Segno | repeat certain segment |
| Half note | 2 beats |
| Treble Clef | A symbol known as G clef that indicates the notes on 5 lines and 5 spaces |
| Quarter Note | 1 beat |
| Bass Clef | Also known as F clef it places is place on F, four lines below middle C |
| Eighth Note | 1/2 beat |
| Chorale | Lutheran hymn, usually in four part harmony |
| A tempo | Directive to return to the original tempo |
| Espressivo | to play with expression |
| Enharmonic | 2 notes sound the same, written differently |
| Accelerando | to gradually get faster |
| Molto | much |
| Sobito | Suddenly |
| Rallantando | to gradually get slower |
| Flat | to lower the pitch of a note by half |
| Sharp | to increase the pitch of a not by half |
| Leger lines | extends the staff |
| Accidental | alters the pitch of a note |
| Natural | unalters the note |
| A Capella | to sing without accompaniment |
| Ritardando | to gradually slow |
| Grand Staff | the treble and bass staff joined together with middle C |
| Chromatic Scale | divides the octaves into its semitones |
| Key Signature | Sits at the beginning of the staff and tells which notes have accidentals |
| Time Signature | Tells how many beats per measure |
| Crescendo | to gradually get louder |
| Decrescendo | to gradually get softer |
| Scale | notes that ascend or descent in a row |
| Forte | Loud |
| Piano | Soft |
| Pick up note | A note before the actual note with one whole beat. |
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