orchestra and music vocabulary terms
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| show | pluck string
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| show | play notes smoothly and connected
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| show | use bow
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| show | quiet, p
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| forte | show 🗑
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| mezzo forte | show 🗑
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| show | medium quiet, mp
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| crescendo | show 🗑
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| show | gradually play quieter
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| measure | show 🗑
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| sharp | show 🗑
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| key signature | show 🗑
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| top number of the time signature | show 🗑
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| show | tells us the note that gets a beat or count, i.e. in 4/4 time a quarter note gets a beat
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| half note | show 🗑
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| show | a note that lasts for 1 beat in 4/4 time, a solid note head with a stem
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| show | a note that lasts for 4 beats in 4/4 time, a single note head, no stem
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| show | a note that lasts for 1/8 of a whole note in 4/4 time. 2 grouped together with a single bar across the top represents one beat
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| show | a note that lasts 1/16 of a whole note in 4/4 time. 4 grouped together with two bars across the top represents one beat
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| show | one beat of silence in 4/4 meter
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| half rest | show 🗑
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| show | a symbol of no sound
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| show | a series of ascending or descending notes, the pattern of intervals is whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step or WWH WWWH
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| show | an interval of two half steps, i.e. F to E
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| half step | show 🗑
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| articulation | show 🗑
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| show | continue playing music in a similar way to the previous section
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| tremolo | show 🗑
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| adagio | show 🗑
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| presto | show 🗑
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| show | gradually slow down the speed of the beat
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| show | signals the performer to go to the beginning of the piece
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| fine | show 🗑
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| show | A marking requiring the performer to hold the note as long as the conductor or performer sees fit.
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| show | no sharps or flats
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| show | F Sharp
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| key signature of D Major | show 🗑
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| key signature of A Major | show 🗑
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| key signature of F Major | show 🗑
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| show | B flat, E flat
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| key signature of Eb Major | show 🗑
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| show | a note that lasts for 3 beats in 4/4 time, an open note head with a stem and a dot on the side
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| show | a note that lasts for 1 1/2 beats in 4/4 time, a closed note head with a stem and a dot on the side
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| Baroque Era | show 🗑
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| show | 1750-1825 music was symmetrical, simple, and had form. The string quartet and symphony were created. Mozart and Haydn are the composers of the era. Orchestras grew to include the timpani. The violin family developed to the modern instruments of today.
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| Contemporary (20th/21st century) | show 🗑
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| show | developed in the classical era. Stradivarius was a famous maker from Italy.
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| fiddle music | show 🗑
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| show | quick tempo
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| show | short bows, stays on the string
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| spiccato | show 🗑
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| show | a symbol that connects two notes of the same pitch. notes values are added together and played as one long note
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| show | Classical Era, famous for operas
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| Haydn | show 🗑
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| Bach | show 🗑
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| Vivaldi | show 🗑
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| show | Romantic Era, famous for large symphonies, beautiful melodies
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| Tchaikovsky | show 🗑
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| Stravinsky | show 🗑
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