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45 Cards in this Set
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Meno |
Less |
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Timbre |
Quality of sound |
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Dolce |
Sweetly |
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Cantabile |
In a singing style |
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Animato |
With animation; with life |
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Staccato |
Separated, detached style |
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Legato |
Smooth and connected |
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Tempo |
Speed of music |
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Allegro |
Quick |
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Accelerando |
Gradually getting faster |
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A poco |
A little |
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Andante |
At a walking pace or moderate tempo |
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A tempo |
Back to the regular tempo |
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Caesura |
Grand pause |
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Fermata |
A hold of pause |
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Grave |
Solemn tempo, very slow |
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Largo |
Slow |
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L'istesso tempo |
At the same tempo |
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Memo mosso |
Less motion |
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Liu mosso |
A little more motion |
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Presto |
Very fast |
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Ritardando |
Gradually getting slower |
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Major scale pattern |
WWHWWWH |
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Chromatic |
Proceeding by half steps |
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Enharmomic |
Notes that sound the same but are spelled differently |
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Interval |
Measures the distance between two notes |
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Root |
Tone upon which a chord is built |
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Accidental |
An added flat, sharp, or natural sign not in the key signature |
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Phrase |
A musical sentence |
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Order of flats |
BEADGCF |
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Order of sharps |
FCGDAEB |
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G clef |
Another name for treble clef |
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F clef |
Another name for bass clef |
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Ostinato |
A short repeated, rhythmic leader |
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Syncopation |
A deliberate upsetting of steady pulse of meter |
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Modulation |
A tonal shift or change of key during a piece or movement |
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Da Capo |
Return to the beginning |
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Dal segno |
Back to the sign |
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Coda |
A special ending added at the end of a composition |
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Dynamics |
pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff |
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Crescendo |
Gradually louder |
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Descrescendo |
Gradually softer |
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Diminuendo |
Gradually softer |
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Forte piano |
Loud, then immediately soft |
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Subito |
Suddenly |
