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71 Cards in this Set
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Choral music without accompaniment
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A Capella
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To go back to the original tempo of the piece
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A tempo
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Becoming faster
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Accelerando
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To place emphasis on a specific note
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Accent
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Signs used to raise , lower, or return a note to its normal pitch
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Accidentals
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Vocal or instrumental parts that accompany a melody
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Accompaniment
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A non-amplified or non-electic instrument
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Acoustic
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Cheerful, quick, or fast
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Allegro
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The lowest female singing voice
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Alto
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Upbeat or pickup note
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Anacrusis
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Tempo marking indicating moderate or walking speed
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Andante
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The way in which notes are begun and how they are performed
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Articulation
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A vertical line that divides measures or bars
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Bar line
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The lowest male singing voice
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Bass
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Unit of measurement of rhythmic time
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Beat
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Three or more tones sounded simultaneously
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Chord
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An ending or concluding a section
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Coda
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4/4 meter; the time signature used is C
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Common time
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The director of a group of musicians
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Conductor
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Notes that, when sounded simultaneously, sound
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Consonance
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Gradually getting louder
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Crescendo
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From the beginning, go back to the beginning
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Da Capo
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Gradually getting softer
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Diminuendo/Decrescendo
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Notes that, when sounded simultaneously, cause tension
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Dissonance
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Sweetly
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Dolce
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Drawn through the staff at the end of a section or composition
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Double bar line
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A note half the length of a quarter note
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Eighth note
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Added tones that ornament a melody
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Embellishment
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Two tones that sound the same but have a different name
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Enharmonic
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To hold or pause
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Fermata
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The end
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Fine
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Loud
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Forte
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The combination of bass and treble staves
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Grand staff
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A note that is held for 2 beats in 4/4 time signature
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Half note
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The distance between two pitches
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Interval
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Exactness of a pitch production
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Intonation
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Tempo marking indicating very slow and broad
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Largo
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Short lines used to extend the staff above or below
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Leger lines
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Tempo marking that indicates slow
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Lento
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Majestically
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Maestoso
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Marked; accented
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Marcato
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The pattern of fixed beats by which a piece of music is
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Meter
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Moderately; medium
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Mezzo
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A musical line that states an idea or thought
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Phrasing
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Soft
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Piano
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Little by little
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Poco a poco
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Very fast
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Presto
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A note that is held for 1 beat in 4/4 time signature
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Quarter note
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A piece for four performers; also can refer to a group of four performers
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Quartet
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In folk and popular music, the chorus that is repeated after each stanza
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Refrain
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Signs that indicate to repeat a musical selection
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Repeat signs
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The organization of beats or pulses in time
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Rhythm
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To slow the tempo
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Ritard
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The fundamental note that gives a chord its name
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Root
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To sing or play in the same style
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Simile
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A curved line over two or more notes indicating they are to be played legato
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Slur
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A piece where a performer plays alone or with accompaniment
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Solo
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The highest female singing voice
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Soprano
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Short and detached
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Staccato
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Five horizantal lines
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Staff
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Suddenly
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Subito
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Rhythm that is not based on the regular strong and weak beat concept
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Syncopation
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The speed of a section of a composition or of the complete composition
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Tempo
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The highest male singing voice
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Tenor
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To hold a note for its full value, indicated by a line over or under the note
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Tenuto
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Curved line joining two notes of the same pitch to be played as one
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Tie
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Tone color
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Timbre
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Music for three players; the middle section in the scherzo or minuet movement
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Trio
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A little
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Un poco
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A performer with superb technical ability
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Virtuoso
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A note that is held for 4 beats in 4/4 time signature
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Whole note
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