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79 Cards in this Set
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return to the original tempo
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a tempo
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accent to play a note louder than the others
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accent
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accelerate; gradually faster
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accelerando
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sharps flats or naturals written before notes
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accidentals
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slowly
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adagio
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broadening; gradually slower
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allargando
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fast or quick
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allegro
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slightly slower than allegro; faster than andante
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allegretto
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a moderate walking tempo
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andante
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slightly faster than andante (some composers use it to mean slower than andante)
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andantino
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animated; with spirit
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animato
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used mainly in music of the classical period, play the first note as half the value of the second note
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appoggiatura
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a contiuous broken chord
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arpeggio
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no specific key or tonality
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atonality
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the use of two different keys at the same time
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bitonality
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a strict form of contrapuntal writing in which each voice exactly imitates the melody of the first voice
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canon
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in singing style
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cantabile
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with vigor or spirit (with brilliance)
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con brio
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an extended ending for a piece of music
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coda
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a short coda
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codetta
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with
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con
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with motion
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con moto
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gradually louder
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crescendo
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go back to the beginning of the piece and play until the word fine
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D.C. al Fine
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sweetly
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dolce
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sadly; sorrowfully
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doloroso
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two different names for the same pitch (C sharp and D flat)
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enharmonic
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expressively
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expressivo
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the end
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Fine
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loud
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forte
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very loud
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fortissimo
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very very loud
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fortississimo
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loud followed immediately by soft
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forte-piano
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hold the note longer than its value
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fermata
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merrily, with humor
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giocoso
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gracefully
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gracioso
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very slowly (large)
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largo
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play smoothly; connect the notes
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Legato
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lightly, delicately
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leggiero
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slowly
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lento
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stressed, marked
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marcato
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less
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meno
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a moderate or medium tempo
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moderato
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much, very
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molto
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an ornament in which the written note is played, followed by the note below the written note and the note written again
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mordent
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a word used to indicate the chronological order in which a composer's music was written
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opus
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a repeated pattern
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ostinato
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major and mino keys with the same letter names
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parallel major/minor
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heavily
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pesante
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a musical sentence, often four measures long
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phrase
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more
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piu
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more motion, faster
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piu mosso
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little
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poco
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the use of several different keys at the same time
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polytonality
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very fast
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presto
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gradually slower
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rallentando
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immediately slower
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ritenuto
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robustly, boldly
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robusto
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playfully, jokingly
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scherzando
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always
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sempre
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without
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senza
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a sudden sharp accent
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sforzando
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continue in the same style
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simile
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spirited, with spirit
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spiritoso
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sustained
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sostenuto
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play crisply or detatched
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staccato
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suddenly, at once
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subito
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a momentary contradiction of the meter or pulse, oftn by changing strong and weak beats within a measure
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syncopation
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play the note slightly louder than the others; stress the note
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tenuto or stress
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tranquilly; peacefully; calmly
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tranquillo
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An ornament in which the written note is alternate continuously with the note above. IN music of the baroque or classical period begin the trill on the note above the written note. In music ofthe romantic period begin on the wirtten note
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trill
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a trill performed with an added beginning from above or below
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trill with prefix
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an ornament in which the written note is surrounded by its upper and lower neighbors
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turn
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quick, lively
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vivace
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brisk, lively
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vivo
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little or less than
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etto, ino
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sonata allegro form
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exposition, development, recapitulation
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with fire, with energy
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con fuoco
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a short musical idea
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motif
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