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15 Cards in this Set
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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
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