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Flashcards by Brandon Lee, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Brandon Lee
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| Question | Answer |
| Allargando | slowing of tempo, usually with increasing volume; most frequently occurs toward the end |
| Allegro con spirito | Fast tempo with spirit |
| Divisi | performers singing the same part are divided to sing different parts. |
| Dolce | Sweetly, usually also softly |
| Espressivo | To play or sing with expression |
| Falsetto | type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyond the normal vocal range. |
| Fermata | A pause or hold |
| Form | The organization and structure of a composition |
| Grandioso | grand, majestic |
| A tempo | return to the original tempo after some deviation |
| Accelerando | Gradually becoming faster |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Legato | to play or sing in a smooth, connected manner |
| L'istesso | The beat remains constant when the meter changes |
| Meno mosso | Less motion |
| Meter | indicated by a time signature, can be simple or compound |
| Mezzo forte | Medium loud |
| Modulation | To change key within a composition |
| Motif | a short musical idea or melodic theme, usually shorter than a musical phrase |
| Niente | Dying away to nothing |
| Opera | A major vocal work that involves theatrical elements |
| Oratorio | Large scale musical composition on a sacred subject. |
| Part song | an unaccompanied homophonic choral composition for three or more voices |
| Poco piu mosso | A little more motion |
| Presto | Very fast; faster than allegro |
| Rallentando | Gradually slowing down |
| Rubato | Making the established pulse flexible by accelerating and slowing down the tempo; an expressive device |
| Senza | Without |
| Sforzando | Strongly accented; forced |
| Solfege | a system used for teaching sight-singing |
| Sotto voce | Softly; with subdued sound; performed in an undertone |
| Strophic | describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music |
| Subito | Suddenly; quickly |
| Tessitura | Most widely used range of pitches in a piece of music |
| Tranquilo | To perform in a relaxed tempo |
| Triad | three note chord consisting of the root, third, and fifth |
| Vibrato | a rapid fluctuation of pitch slightly higher or lower than the main pitch |
| Vivace | Lively; briskly |
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