Orchestra FInal Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A poco a poco | little by little |
| A tempo | return to original tempo |
| Cantabile | in a singing style |
| Unison | two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch |
| Divisi | divide |
| Caesura | A brake or a pause in the music |
| Simile | in a similar manner |
| Tenuto | hold the note for its full value |
| Fine | the end or finish |
| 8va | Play one octave higher than written |
| Spiccato | short off the string with the bow |
| Staccato | separated, detached style on the string |
| Tremelo | rapid repetition of 1 pitch with the upper half of the bow |
| Legato | smoothly |
| Col legno | with the wood of the bow |
| Trill | a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it |
| Order of sharps | F C G D A E B |
| Order of flats | B E A D G C F |
| C Major | no sharps or flats |
| G Major | 1 sharp |
| D Major | 2 sharps |
| A Major | 3 sharps |
| D minor | 1 flat |
| G minor | 2 flats |
| Whole note | 4 beats |
| Half note | 2 beats |
| Quarter note | 1 beat |
| Eighth Note | 1/2 beat |
| sixteenth note | 1/4 beat |
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