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29 Cards in this Set
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Common Tempo Indications
Largo |
Slow, “broad”
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Adagio
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Slow, “at ease”
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Ritardardo
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Get slower
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Andante
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Moderately slow, “walking tempo”
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Moderato
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Moderate
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Rubato
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Pushes and pulls
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Allegro
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Fast, cheerful, happy, upbeat
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Accelerando
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Get faster
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Presto
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Very fast
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Vivace
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Lively
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Molto
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Very (allegro molto=very fast)
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Non troppo
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Not too much (allegro non troppo=not too fast)
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Con brio
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With spirit
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Duple meter
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Two beats per measure (yankie doodle)up to right
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Triple meter
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Three beats per measure [band march in a parade] (my country tis of thee) up, right, left
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Pitch
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The highness or lowness of a sound depending up on the rate of vibration of the medium producing the sound
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Interval
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Distance between two tones
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Harmony
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The meaningful combination of two or more different tones
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Timbre
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The characteristic quality of the sound of a voice or instrument (color)
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Dynamic level
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The level of volume (loudness or softness) of a musical sound
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Texture
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The manner in which melodic lines are used in music-alone, or combined with other melodic lines or with harmony
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Monophonic
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The musical texture consisting of one melodic line only
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Polyphonic
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The simultaneous combination of two or more melodic lines (out of writing music)
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Homophonic
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A melody combined with chords, producing harmony (chordal texture) “somewhere over the rainbow”
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Form
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The organization or formal design of a musical composition
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Syncopation
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The occurrence of accents in unexpected places (a strong pulse doesn’t line up with meter) Jazz
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Native American Musical Characteristics
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- songs weren’t composed, but received in dream or vision
- never independent, but with dance, celebration, games, work, or prayer - strong powers to accomplish a given end (success in fishing, healing, gambling, or winning a bride) - oral tradition - text = vocables = neutral syllables, such as hey, yeh, or neh (consonant-vowel clusters) - folk music is spontaneously created or source has been forgotten - no harmony -- call and response = a solo voice alternating with a group |
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Folk Music Characteristics
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- spontaneously created or source has been forgotten passed on by oral tradition
- simple songs, music in informal style |
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British Traditions
Ballad |
- folk story-song, strophic in form (2 or more stanzas in the same melody) = delivered from memory by a solo voice, with or without accompaniment, little detail so listener can use imagination (dramatic and tragic nature, but simple, direct, nearly emotionless manner, time and place remaining pleasantly abstract)
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