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42 Cards in this Set
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Arrangement |
An adaptation (reworking )of a song for a medium other than the original |
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Time Signature |
Musical symbol that indicates how many beats are in a measure and which kind of note get the beat |
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Syncopation |
The shifting of an accent from a strong beat to a weak beat. Describes uneven rythyms that are off the beat. An arrangement of rythym in which important sounds being on weak beats or weak parts of beats. Giving a catchy off balance movement of the music. |
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Spiritual |
An African American religious folk song that originated at the time of enslavement |
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Timbre |
The time color or unique sound of an instrument or voice.the special sound or tone color that makes one instrument or voice sound different from another |
Like timber wood is unique the music is too |
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Chromatic Scale |
A series of notes moving in half steps. On a piano keyboard: every white and black key in order |
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Diminuendo |
To become softer. Dim |
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Divisi |
Indicates that a section of singers should be divided into two or more groups, each singing a different part. Div. |
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Key Signature |
The musical symbol, comprising (made up of) sharps or flats placed on the staff, that defines the key of a piece of music. |
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Chromatic scale |
A series of notes moving in half steps. In s piano keyboard: every white black key in order |
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Divisi |
Indicates that a section of singers should be divided into two or more groups each singing a different part |
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A ccidentals |
Signs used to show an altered pitch all signs for raising it lowering the pitch that are not found In The key signiture |
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Sharp |
A sign part of the accidental with raises a pitch down by a half step |
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Flat |
A sign part of an accidental wich loweres A pitch down by a half step |
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Natural |
A sign part if a accidental which restores a pitch back to its original time |
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Molto |
Italian for very much |
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Poco by poco |
Italian for little by little |
Little chicken |
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Subito |
Italian for suddenly |
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Sforzando |
With sudden emphasis a strong accent |
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Common time |
Another name for 4/4 time |
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D.S al coda |
Return to the sign and play/song words |
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Sacred |
Religious rather than secular |
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Secular |
Has no religious or spiritual basis wordly |
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Cut time |
2/2 time |
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Volti time |
Italian for them over quickly |
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Rubato |
Taking certain libraries with note duritation |
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D.C al fine |
Return to the beginning and play/ sing to the end marked fine |
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Pepertoire |
The whole body of songs or piece a preformer knows of us prepared to perform |
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Fine |
Italian for the end |
End of an Italian story |
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Dipthong |
The combination of two vowel sounds in a single sylable the sound begins as one bowl sound |
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Interval |
The distance between pitch in two notes |
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Sign |
A character that marks a place that the performer turns back and repeats from |
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Coda |
A tail or short section added at the end of a piece of music |
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Tessitura |
The overall range of notes from lowest to highest tone |
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Legato |
A term that describes music performed in a smooth and connected style |
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Staccato |
Notes that are performed short and seperated from eachother |
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Accelerando |
A gradual increase In speed |
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Ritardondo |
Get gradually slower |
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A tempo |
Back to original speed of beat |
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Marcato |
Marked or accented played with emphasis |
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Key |
The scale on which a piece of music is based |
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Articulation |
The form of musical expression using legayo staccato Marcato |
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