Cset Music Glossary

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Allegro

Back 1

Fast tempo

Hint 1

Let's Go!

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Bar Lines

Back 2

vert. lines on the staff used to mark off the groupings of beats

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Beat

Back 3

underlying pulse present in most music

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Brasses

Back 4

Wind instruments made of metal

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Chamber music

Back 5

2 to 20 performers

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Cord

Back 6

several notes sounded together

Hint 6

A cord of wood

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Clavichord

Back 7

predecessor of the piano

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Clef

Back 8

symbol indicating the pitch of the notes

Hint 8

treble clef = and symbol
brass clef = fancy giant comma and colon

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Consonance

Back 9

combo of tones producing a quality of relaxation

Hint 9

calming

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Dissonance

Back 10

combo of tones producing a quality of tension

Hint 10

distracting

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Dynamics

Back 11

loudness of music

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Fugue

Back 12

contains both rhythmic and melodic motifs -opening is w/ 1 voice and then a 2nd voice restates the subject on a different scale - a 3rd and 4th voice enters ea carrying the subject

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Harmony

Back 13

the chordal aspect of music

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Harpsichord

Back 14

predecessor to the piano

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Interval

Back 15

distance between notes

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Largo

Back 16

very slow tempo

Hint 16

geriatrics in Key Largo

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Lento

Back 17

slow tempo

Hint 17

Jay Lento limping

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Lied

Back 18

German song

Hint 18

Hitler lied

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Lyre

Back 19

an ancient harp

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Mass

Back 20

music for a Catholic service

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Measure

Back 21

space on a staff between 2 bar lines

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Melody

Back 22

sequence of notes

Hint 22

Do ra me fa so la te do

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Meter

Back 23

organization of beats into a groups

Hint 23

beat poets group together

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Meter signature

Back 24

numbers at the beginning of a composition to indicate the beat

Hint 24

2/4 3/4 6/8 4/4

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Moderato

Back 25

intermediate tempo

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Motif

Back 26

a recurring group of notes

Hint 26

Beethoven's 5th

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Movement

Back 27

large section of a lengthy composition

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Note

Back 28

musical sound of specific pitch

Hint 28

paste notes here

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Opus

Back 29

a composition identified by a number

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Oratorio

Back 30

a major orchestral piece w/ solo voice and chorus

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Orchestra

Back 31

a large group of instrument players, use 75 - 90

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Percussion

Back 32

instruments sounded by striking

Hint 32

drums

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Pitch

Back 33

frequency of a sound wave

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Polyphony

Back 34

choral music w/ simultaneous voice-lines

Hint 34

more than a chorus

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Presto

Back 35

fast tempo

Hint 35

fast pace

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Rhythm

Back 36

relative duration of the notes

Hint 36

. . the rhythm of the night . . .

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Rondo

Back 37

return of the main theme which alternates w/ the 2nd themes

Hint 37

ababa, abaca, abacaba

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Scale

Back 38

succession of notes arranged in an ascending order

Hint 38

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Sonata

Back 39

a work w/ 1 or 2 instruments

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Staff

Back 40

five lines on which musical notes are written

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Subject

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main melodic motif or phrase, esp in a fugue

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Symphony

Back 42

major orchestral composition

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Syncopation

Back 43

rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset

Hint 43

no sympatico

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Tempo

Back 44

pace of the music

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Timber

Back 45

characteristic sound of a voice or instrument

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Tone

Back 46

musical sound of a specific pitch

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woodwinds

Back 47

instruments made of wood