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56 Cards in this Set
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dot
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when set after a note it prolongs its value by half
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martele
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heavily accented notes played with staccato qualities
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crescendo
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growing louder
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forte
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loud
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down bow
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pulling to bow from frog to tip
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simile
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similarly
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DS al coda
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go back to the sign and play to the coda
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fermata
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hold
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allegro Vivo
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fast and lively
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subito
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suddenly
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a tempo
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in tempo
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piano
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soft
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arco
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bowed
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8va
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play up one octave
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DC al fine
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go back to beginning and play to fine
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loure/portato
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played in one bow but slightly separated
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dolce
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sweetly
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marcato
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with distinctness and emphasis
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decrescendo
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decreasing in loudness
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pizzicato
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plucked
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andante con moto
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moderately slow with motion
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slur
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a curved line under or over 2 or more notes, signifying that they are to be played legato
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accent
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stress
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fortissimo
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extremely loud
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allargando
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growing slower
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largo
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slow
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articulation
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clearly phrased
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solo
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passage for a single instrument
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detache
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to be played in separate bows, not slurred
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picardy third
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the baroque practice of ending a piece in a minor key with a major chord
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andante non troppo
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moderately slow but not too slow
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tempo di marcia
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march tempo
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col legno
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to be played with the wood of the bow
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restez
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play on the same string or stay in the same position
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cantabile
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in a singing or vocal style
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pianissimo
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very soft
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trill
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the rapid alteration of two tones a major or minor 2nd apart
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ponticello
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the bow contacts the string mear the bridge
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sotto voce
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under the breath
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tie
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a curved line joining 2 notes of like pitch
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l'istesso tempo
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the same tempo
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harmonic
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obtained by lightly touching a nodal point of a string
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maestoso
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majestically
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poco rallantendo
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growing a little slower
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staccato
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notes are played with abrupt beginning and ending. length of note is shortened
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time signature
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top #: beats per measure
bottom #: which note receives one beat |
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piu
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more
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penultimate
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next to last
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sul tasto
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the bow contacts the string near or over the fingerboard with little pressure
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spicatto
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a bouncing bow stroke in which the bow leaves the string after each note
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poco a poco
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little by little
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meno
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less
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mezzo-forte
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medium loud
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mezzo-piano
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medium soft
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up bow
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pushing the bow from tip to frog
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sforzando
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marked and sudden emphasis
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