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59 Cards in this Set
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a tempo
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return to the original tempo
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accelerando
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accelerate; gradually faster
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adagio
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slowly
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allargando
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broadening; gradually slower
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allegretto
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slighly slower than allegro; faster than andante
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andante
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a moderate walking tempo
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andantina
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slightly faster than andante
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animato
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animated;with spirit
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atonality
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no specific key or tonality
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bitonality
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the use of two different keys at the same time
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canon
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a strict form of contrapuntal writing in which each voice exactly imitates the melody of the first voice
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cantabile
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in a singing style
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coda
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an extended ending for a piece of music
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codetta
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a short coda
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con
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with
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con fuoco
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with fire, or fury
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con moto
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with motion
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D.C. al fine
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go back to the beginning of the piece and play until the word fine
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doloroso
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sadly; sorrowfully
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enharmonic
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two different names for the same pitch, such as c sharpa dn d flat
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fine
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the end
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giocoso
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merrily, with humor
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gracioso
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merrily, with humor
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gracioso
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gracefully
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largo
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very slowly; large
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leggiero
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lightly, delicately
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lento
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slowly
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m.d.
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mano destra; use the right hand
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m.s.
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mano sinistra; use the left hand
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meno
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less
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meno mosso
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less motion; slower
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molto
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much; very
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opus
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a word used to indicate the chronological order in which a composer's music was writeen
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ostinato
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a repeated pattern
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parallel major/minor
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major and minor keys with the same letter names (c major, c minor)
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pesante
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heavily
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piu
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more
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piu mosso
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more motion; faster
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pco
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little
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polytonality
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the use of several different keys at the same time
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rallentando
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gradually slower
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relative major and minor
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major and minor keys which have the same key signature
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ritenuto
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immediately slower
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robusto
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robustly, boldy
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rubato
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"robbed time" the practice of varying the rhythm of a phrase by slowing or rushing the tempo, making up the changed time elsewhere in the phrase
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scherzando
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playfully, jokingly
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sempre
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always
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senza
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without
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smorzando
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dying away
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spiritoso
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spirited; with spirit
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sotto voce
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in a low voice
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toccata
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a viruoso piece common during the baroque period, written in free style with many scales and rapid passages
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tre corde
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release the una corda pedal (soft pedal; left pedal)
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baroque or classical period trill
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begin on the note above the written note
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romantic period
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begin on the written note
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vivace
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quick lively
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vico
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brisk, lively
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...etto
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a suffix meaning little or less than, such as allegretto for a little slower than allegro
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...ino
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a suffix meaning little or less than, such as andantino for a little faster than andante
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