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What does "a tempo" mean?
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a return to the original tempo (after the song slows down or speeds up temporarily)
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what does "accent" mean?
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a stress or added emphasis given to a note
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what does "accelerando poco a poco" mean?
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gradually growing faster
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What does "accompaniment" mean?
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music played to support the solo instrument or instruments
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What is a "ballet"?
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a story told with dancing
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What does "a tempo" mean?
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a return to the original tempo (after the song slows down or speeds up temporarily)
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what does "accent" mean?
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a stress or added emphasis given to a note
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what does "accelerando poco a poco" mean?
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gradually growing faster
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What does "accompaniment" mean?
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music played to support the solo instrument or instruments
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What is a "ballet"?
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a story told with dancing
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What is "bass" (in terms of singing voices)
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a low man's voice
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what is "brass" ?
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Instruments, usually metal, usually with valves or slides. They are played by "buzzing" the lips against the mouthpiece.
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What is a musical "bridge"?
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A transition that connects two parts of a selection
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What is "chamber music"?
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Music for small ensembles usually played in a private residence or small concert hall
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What is a "chorus"?
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A vocal ensemble which has a combination of one or more children's, women's, and men's voices.
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What is a "coda"?
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a concluding section of a composition
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What is a "concert band"?
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Ensemble made up of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments that performs in a concert hall. (no strings!)
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What is a "concerto"?
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a musical work in which a solo instrument or instruments are accompanied by a group of instruments
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What is "crescendo"?
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gradually become louder
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What does "crescendo poco a poco" mean?
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become louder little by littlle
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What does "D.C. al fine" mean?
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Return to the beginning and end at the "fine".
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What does "Da Capo" mean?
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Return to the beginning of the selection
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What is "decrescendo"?
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gradually become softer
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What is an "etude"?
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a short musical composition designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument
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What is a fermata?
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Also know to as a bird's eye....a hold or a pause in music indicating a note or a rest is to be held for longer than its norman duration
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What does "forte" (f) mean?
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a dymaic marking indiating loud
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What does "fortissimo" (ff) mean?
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A dynamic marking indicating very, very loud.
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What is "improvisation"?
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something created or "made up" on the spot without previous preparation
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What is an "interlude"?
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a contrasting section between two major themes
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What is an "introduction"?
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the beginning section to a piece of music
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What does "lyric" or "lyrical" mean?
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smooth, connected, song-like
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What do "major" and "minor" mean?
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Scale or chord interval configurations of whole and half steps. The interval from the first step to the third step is a Major third or five half steps in Major, and minor third or four half steps in minor
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What does "marcatissimo" mean?
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with very marked emphasis
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What does "marcato" mean?
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with marked emphasis
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What is "melodic direction"?
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the cotour of a melody upward, downward, and/or staying the same
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What is a "minuet"?
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The first or A section of a minuet and trio, in triple meter. Also a dance of the baroque and classical historical periods
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What does "minor" indicate?
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A key in which the scale has a minor third between the first and third steps.
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What is a "motif"?
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a short musicla idea
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What does "molto espressivo" mean?
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with much expression
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What does "musical" mean ( in terms of types of performances )
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a live theatrical show on stage where the drama progresses by means of music, song and (often) dance
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What is an "opera"?
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A story told through the combination of theater and music in which most (usually all) dialogue is sung
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What do "p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff " mean?
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Dynamic marking that indicate soft, medium soft, medium loud, loud, very loud, and very, very loud respectively
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What are "partner songs" ?
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Two distinct melodies with the same harmonic pattern that can be performed together
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What is "percussion"?
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instruments that produce noise, and sometimes pitches, by being struck, shaken, rattled, etc.
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What does "piano" (p) mean?
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diynamic marking for soft
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What does "pianissimo" (pp)mean?
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dynamic marking for very soft
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What does "prestissimo" mean?
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very fast tempo
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What does "quintet" mean?
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a group with five members
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What does "ritard" mean?
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gradually get slower
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What does "ritornello" mean?
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a recurring passage that is the main theme
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What is a "saxophone"?
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a wind instrument, usually metal, with keys and a single reed mouthpiece(used in jazz bands a lot)
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What is 6/8 meter?
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Beats in groups of six eighth notes. In a slow tempo, all eighth notes re felt individually. At a fast tempo, the beats are usually felt in two sets of three or three sets of two.
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What is a "solo"?
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A single musical line, with or without accompaniment
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What is a "soprano"?
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A high woman's voice
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What is a "string quartet"?
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2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello
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What are "strings"?
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Instruments, usually wooden, with strings that can be bowed, plucked, strummed or hammered.
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What is a "strong beat"?
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the first beat in a set of two or more beats, determining the meter of a selection
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What is a "tenor"?
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a high man's voice
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What is a "theme"?
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the main idea(s) of a selection
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What is a "trio"? (as in "Minuet and Trio")
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The second, or B section, also in triple meter, but named because parts in this section were often written for only three or four players
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What is a "12 bar chord progression"?
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a traditional jazz form, 12 measures long, with a set sequence of chords
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What is a "verse"?
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A stanza of metrical text, usually with a rhyming pattern
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What does "vivace" mean?
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A quick and lively tempo
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What are "woodwinds"?
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instruments, usually wood or metal, sometimes plastic and containing many keys or holes. They are played by blowing into a mouthpiece or across a hole in the instrument
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