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37 Cards in this Set
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Double bar lines |
Indicates conclusion |
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Repeat signs |
Indicates you must go back in a work and repeat a certain section. |
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Time Signature (AKA Meter) |
Pair of #s at the beginning of most musical compositions |
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Bottom |
1. Any Whole # 2. Indicates # of beats in included in each measure of the work |
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Bottom # |
1. Any number in a preordered set (1,2,4,8,16,32, etc.) 2. Indicates which type of note is the basic rhythmic unit |
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Anacrusis (AKA "pick-up") |
Causes a temporary shift in the time signature |
Star-Spangled Banner |
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Treble clef lines |
EGBDF |
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Treble clef spaces |
FACE |
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Bass clef lines |
GBDFA |
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Bass clef spaces |
ACEG |
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Piano (p) |
It means soft |
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Mezzo (m) |
Medium |
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Forte (f) |
Loud |
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Crescendo |
To gradually get louder |
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Decrescendo |
To gradually get softer |
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Fermata |
To hold the note a little longer than normal |
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Accents |
Tells you where to vocally emphasize the note they are placed over. |
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Staccato |
A dot that tells you to sing a note short and detached |
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Coda sign |
Tells you to repeat sections of songs |
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Solder |
Speed |
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Solfege system |
A series of syllables used in sight singing |
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Accidentals |
Alteration marks placed on notes to alter their pitch sound (sharp (#), flat (b)) |
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Renaissance |
1400-1600 |
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Baroque |
1600-1750 |
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Classic |
1750-1800 |
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Romantic |
1800-1900 |
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Contemporary (AKA Modern era) |
1900- present |
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Renaissance composers |
Palestrina, Praetorius, Vittoria, Byrd, Morley, Hassler |
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Baroque composers |
Bach, Handel, Brahms |
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Classic composers |
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven |
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Romantic composers |
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms |
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Contemporary composers |
Stravinsky, Ives, Thompson, Berger |
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Diaphragm |
Band of abdominal muscles which are used to support proper breath technique |
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Fine |
It means the end |
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m.m. |
Dictates the appropriate tempo (stands for maetzel's metronome) |
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A cappella |
In the style of the chapel |
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4 main voice parts |
Soprano (high women) Alto (low women) Tenor (high men) Bass (low men) |
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