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23 Cards in this Set
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Divisi |
Instructs one vocal section to divide into two or more sections, each performing a separate part |
Divide and separate parts |
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Segno |
The symbol that marks the beginning or end of a musical repeat. |
Eg- beginning No-stop/end |
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Marcato |
Strongly accented |
Mar- more |
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Staccato |
A style of singing notes in a detached and separated manner. |
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Piu masso |
More quickly |
Mas-more |
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Recitative |
A rhythmically free vocal style sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech |
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Aria |
A long accompanied song for solo voice |
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a Tempo |
In time, return to the original tempo |
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Poco accel. |
Get a little faster |
Poco-little accel- faster |
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rit. (Ritardando) |
Gradually becoming slower |
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Allegro |
At a brisk tempo |
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Trill |
A rapid alternation between two adjacent notes |
Alternation - tr |
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Sforzando |
To make a strong sudden accent on a note or chord |
Sf- S = strong sudden |
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Breath mark |
A symbol that directs the singer to take a breath |
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Natural Sign |
A symbol placed before a note that cancels out a sharp or flat and returns do returns that note to its natural state |
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Dashed Slur |
A symbol indicating no breath. |
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Tutti |
A passage to performed with all voices together |
Tu- together |
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Rubato |
Rhythmic flexibility; a relaxation of strict time |
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Unis. (Unison) |
All parts sing at the same pitch or octaves |
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Andante |
Moderately slow tempo |
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Drop |
Jazz term referring to a note that slides Chromatically downwards to an indefinite pitch |
Drop- downwards |
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Scoop |
Jazz term indicating to start below indicated pitch and slide up to the notated pitch |
Scoop- up |
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Glissando |
A smooth sliding between two pitches |
Gliss- smooth slide |
