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47 Cards in this Set
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Alberti Bass
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Broken chord- accompaniment figure named for Domenico Alberto
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N/A
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Binary Form
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Two- part form, A B
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2 sections, look at Bach page 4
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Ternary form
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Three- part from, A B A
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3 sections, look at May that Grace be Abound
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Parallel
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Major and minor key with the same tonic
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C Major = c minor
F Major = f minor |
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Relative
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Major and minor key with the same key signature
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C Major = a minor
Major to minor relative:Down 3 letters and 1 1/2 step minor to Major relative: 3 letters and 1 1/2 steps up |
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Contrary Motion
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2 parts moving in opposite direction
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CDEFGABCDEFGABC
(left) (right) |
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Parallel motion
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2 parts moving in the same direction keeping the same distance apart
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CDEFGABC (right)
CDEFGABC (left) |
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Animato
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Animated, excitedly
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N/A
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Cantabile
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Sing
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N/A
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Dolce
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Sweetly
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remember Spanish dulce means sweetly
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Espressivo
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Expressively
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N/A
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Leggiero
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Lightly
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N/A
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Marcato
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Marked, Accented
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N/A
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Portato
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A detached touch between staccato and legato
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N/A
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Subito
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Suddenly
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Subito p = suddenly soft
Subito f = suddenly loud |
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Chromatic
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Movement by half steps
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N/A
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Enharmonic
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Two different names for the same pitch
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D# and E flat
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Inverted triad
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Triad in which the notes are rearranged so that the lowest note is the 3rd or 5th instead of the root
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first inversion
second inversion |
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15 ma
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play the notes 2 octaves higher than written
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N/A
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15 mb
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play the notes 2 octaves lower than written
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N/A
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Opus
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Latin term, abbreivation is op. used to indicate the order of publication
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Opus. 13
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Ostinato
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Repeating pattern, usually in the bass
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N/A
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D.C. al fine
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Da Capo al Fine. Return to the beginning and play to FINE
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N/A
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Da Capo al Coda
D.C. al coda |
Return to the beginning and play to the first coda sign, then skip to next coda sign and play to the end
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N/A
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D.S. al fine
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Dal Segno al Fine. Return to the sign and play to FINE
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N/A
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Dal Segno al Coad
D.S. al Coda |
Return to the sign and play to the first coda sign, the skip to next coda sign and play to the end
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N/A
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Supertonic
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2nd degree of the scale
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1= tonic
2= supertonic 4= subdominant 5= dominant |
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Leading tone
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7th degree of the scale
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N/A
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Largo
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Broad
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N/A
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Vivace
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Quick, lively, fast
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N/A
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Chorale
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Hymn of the German Protestant Church. Introduced by Martin Luther during the Reformation
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Around the time of 1450
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Landler
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Early 19th century Austrian peasant dance in 3/4 time rather like a slow waltz.
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Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert wrtoe collections of landler
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Minuet
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A graceful and dignified French dance in 3/4 time time
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About 300 yrs, ago
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Musette
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Lively melody accompanied by a drone-like (bagpipe) bass. Usually in 2/4 time
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N/A
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Polka
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A Bohemian dance in quick duple meter in 2/4 time
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N/A
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Tarantella
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Italian dance in 6/8 time. According to popular legend, this dance was supposed to cure the poisonous bite of the tarantula spider
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N/A
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Barque Composers
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Bach
Handel Vivaldi |
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Classical Composers
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Mozart
Hadyn Beethoven |
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Romantic Composoers
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Brahms
Chopin Tchaikovsky |
N/A
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20th Century Composers
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Debussy
Prokoflev Bartok |
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Woodind Instruments
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Clarinet
Flute Oboe Basoon |
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Brass
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Saxaphone
Trombone Trumpet French Horn Tuba |
N/A
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Percussion Instruments
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Bells
Drums Timpani (huge drums) Marimba (xylopone made out of wood) |
N/A
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Strings Instruments
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Cello
Violin Viola Double Bass |
HARP IS NOT INCLUDED
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Beethoven
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~Fabulous at Improvisation
~At 30 started getting deaf ~wrote 9 symphonies (9th is the chral and has "Ode to Joy" theme) ~Wrote for all instruments ~Sonata, Concerto, Piano Music |
Classical Period- German
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Tchaikowsky
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~Quit law school
~Madame Von Meck became his patroness ~They never met ~Wrote Opera, Ballet... Concerto, Orchestra... |
Romantic- Russian
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Debussy
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~Focused New Harmonies, New styles
~New sounds, created new forms ~Introduced Chinese (Asian) American, Spanish Sound ~Describes the moon floating through the sky- water fountains ~Learn the names |
20th century- French
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