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