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29 Cards in this Set
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a capella
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unaccompanied vocal music
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allegro
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tempo mark indicating "fast"
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adagio
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tempo mark indicating "slow"
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cadenza
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a showy passage for the soloist appearing near th eend of the movement in a cocerto
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cadence
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the concluding part of a musical phrase
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crescendo
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gradual increase in volume
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diminuendo
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gradual decrease in volume
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forte
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in notation, dynamic mark indicating "loud"
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mezzo-piano
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moderately soft
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basso continuo
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small ensemble of at least two instruments who provide a foundationfor the melody or melodies above. heard almost exclusively in baroque music
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coda
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(italian for "tail") a final and concluding section of a musical composition
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interval
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distance between any two pitches on a musical scale
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da capo aria
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an aria in two sections, with an obligatory return to and repeat of the first.
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basso ostinato
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motive or phrase in bass that is repeated again and again
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tempo
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speed at which beats occur in music
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syncopation
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rythmic device in which the natural accent falling on a strong beat is displaced to a weak beat or between beats
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modulation
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process in music whereby the tonal center changes from one key to another, from G major to C major for example
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monophony
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musical texture involving only a single line of music with no accompaniment
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homophony
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texture in which all the voices or lines move to new pitches at roughly the same time
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polyphony
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texture involving two or more simultaneously sounding lines
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pizzicato
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process whereby a performer plucks the strings of an instrument rather than bowing them
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ritardando
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in musical notation, a tempo mark indicating a slowing down of the tempo
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tonality
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organization of music around a central tone (the tonic) and the scale built on that tone
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accelerando
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tempo mark indicating "getting faster"
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fortissimo
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in musical notation, a dynamic mark indicating "loud"
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pianissimo
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in musical notation, a dynamic mark indicating "very soft"
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sonata
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something sounded
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secco recitative meter
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dry recitative accompanied only by the harpsichord
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notation
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*sharp-raises pitch half step
*flat-lowers pitch half step *natural-cancels preexisting sharp or flat |
