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Solfege |
Syllables for notes |
Sound of music |
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Decrescendo |
Quiet down your music |
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Crescendo |
Increase in sound |
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Fortissimo |
Very loud |
Little einsteins |
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Piano |
Quiet |
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Major scale |
CDEFGABC |
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Minor scale |
DEFGABC |
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Treble |
Higher tones |
Think of pitch perfect |
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Ritartando |
Gradually decrease of tempo |
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Key signature |
Tell what key it's in |
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Staff |
Holds the notes |
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Tempo |
Speed of a piece |
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Time signature |
How many beats in a measure |
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Flats |
BEADGCF |
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Sharps |
Note raised above natural pitch |
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Flats |
Lower a note by a semitone |
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Modulation |
A change of key |
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bass scale |
ACEG |
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Poco |
A little |
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Tutti |
All together |
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Tie |
Pull two notes together |
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Whole |
Whole note |
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Half |
Half note |
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Sforzando |
Sudden emphasis |
Bold |
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Rest |
Rest in singing |
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Quarter |
Quarter note |
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Eighth |
Eighth note |
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Sixteenth |
Sixteenth note |
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Pianissimo |
Very quiet |
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Natural |
Denoting a natural note when a previous sign or key signature would otherwise demand a sharp or flat |
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Accidental |
Natural, flat, sharp |
Momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note |
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Fermata |
Symbol that makes a note longer |
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Caesura |
A break in music |
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Rubato |
Sudden quickness |
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Staccato |
Short and bubbly |
Choppy |
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Legato |
Long, lengthy notes |
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Interval |
The difference between two pitches |
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Subito |
Suddenly |
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Tenuto |
A note held for full time value or slightly more |
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Chromatic scale |
Musical scale with twelve pitches |
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Half step |
Interval between two notes (half tone |
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Whole step |
Going up a note (whole tone |
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Mezzo |
Middle |
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Measure |
Part in a song |
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Ledger line |
A line through an extra note above the staff |
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Accelerando |
Speed up |
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Articulation |
Marks a certain way the note is to be sung |
Legato, accent |
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Coda |
Ending |
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Fine |
The end of a composition |
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D.S al fine |
Tells singer to go back to the segono sign to the end or fine |
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Da capo |
From the beginning |
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Tenor |
A male part that sings higher |
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Bass |
Male voice that sings Lower |
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A capella |
Without music |
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Accompaniment |
Piano or music to go on with singing |
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Diminuendo |
Decrease in loudness or intensity |
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8va |
Play note an octave higher written |
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8vb |
Play note an octave lower than written |
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Augmented |
Lengthening of a note |
That dot next to a note |
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Tempo |
Speed the music should be played |
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Unison |
Singer together |
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Kurwen hand signs |
The do re mi **** |
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Dotted notes or rests |
Hold the note |
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Slur |
Connect notes |
Think of trumpets |
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A tempo |
Previous or original tempo |
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Common time |
A rhythmatic pattern in which there are 4 beats |
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Cut time |
Time signature indicating 2 or 4 half note beats in a bar |
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Triplet |
3 notes to be performed in the time of 2 or 4 |
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Arpeggio |
Notes of a chord played in a succession |
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Diminished |
An interval one semitone less than the corresponding interval |
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Sostenuto |
A passage of music to be played in a prolonged manner |
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Accent |
Emphasis on a particular chord or note |
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Harmony |
Combo of notes that sound well together |
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Octave |
A series of 8 notes occupying the interval between two notes |
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Falsetto |
Tenor use this to sing notes higher than their normal range |
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Beat or pulse |
The speed at which a piece of music is played (rhthymic movement) |
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Verse |
Writing arranged (a group of lines) |
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Refrain |
Lines repeated in music |
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Sorpano |
Higher part of the girls |
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Alto |
Lower part of the girls |
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Melody |
Principal part in music |
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Rhythm |
Pattern formed by rhythm |
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Lyrics |
Words to a sing |
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Repeat |
Go back and sing a specific part of a song |
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Flag |
Little line that comes from the note |
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Beam |
Two notes connected to each other |
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Divisi |
A musical direction indicating that a section of players divided into parts |
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Rallentando |
Retartardando but gradual i guess |
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Un poco |
A little |
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Syncopation |
A variety of rhythms that are unexpected |
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Hemiola |
A music figure where 2 groups of 3 beats are replaced by 3 groups of 2 beats because logic |
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