Music Words And Definitions

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Unaccompanied choral music

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A Capella

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Quick and lively, but not as much as presto

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Allegro

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An increase, or accelleration of the tempo, or pace of a piece

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Accelerando

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The lowest female voice or a clef for instruments such as the viola

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Alto

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Extra force given to a marked note. Indicated with a > above the note

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Accent

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A walking speed, but not too slow

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Andante

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A sharp, flat or natural given to a note that is not indicated in the key signature

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Accidental

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When two or more sets of instruments or voices sing against each other in a question - answer style, playing alternately

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Antiphonal

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Use of the bow by the player of a string instrument. Normally follows a passage of pizzicato

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Arco

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Slow, but faster than largo. A slow movement is called an adagio

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Adagio

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Atonal

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Music without a sense of key, by Schienberg and others in the early 1900s

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An instrument which produces sound by air being blown through it

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Aerophone

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A group of singers usually comprising sopranos, altos, tenors and basses

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Choir

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Fairly quick, but not as much as allegro

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Allegretto

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An instrument that produces sound by the vibration of strings

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Chordophone