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a tempo: return to previous tempo
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accelerando: getting faster
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accent: emphasis on a note
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alla breve: cut time
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arpeggio: broken chord tones sounded after each other
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beat: unit of length in musical time
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cadence: music punctuation
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cantabile: in a singing style
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chord: three or more tones in harmony
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chromatic: using all 12 steps of the octave
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common time: quadruple meter
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compound meter: beats divided in three
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con amore: with love
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con fuoco: with fire
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con passione: with passion
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concert band: band with 40 to 80 members
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consonance: pleasant sounding
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contrast: feeds our love of change
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crescendo: gradually getting louder
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cut time: duple meter
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da capo: return to begining of piece
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decrescendo: gradually growing softer
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diatonic: seven tones of a scale
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diminuendo: growing softer
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dissonance: unpleasant sounding
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doice: sweetly
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down beat: first beat of a measure
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duple meter: two beats per measure
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duration: length of time something lasts
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dynamics: element of musical expression
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embouchure: placement of face while playing
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ensemble: musical performing groups
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espressivo: expressively
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flat sign: indicates lowering pitch by half step
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form: organizing principle in music
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forte: loud
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fortissimo: very loud
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genre: category of music
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gioioso: joyous
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grace note: ornamental note
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half step: smallest interval
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harmony: combination of notes in chords
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instrument: mechanism that makes music
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interval: distance between two pitches
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key: defines relationship of tones
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key signature: sharps of flates that show the key of the music
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legato: smooth
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maestoso: majestic
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major scale: seven pitches in a specific pattern
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march: military music
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marching band: ensemble for sports and parades
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measure: rhythmic grouping
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melody: main tune
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meno: less
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meter: organization of rhythm in time
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mezzo forte: moderately loud
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mezzo piano: moderatly soft
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minor scale: seven pitches in a pattern
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misterioso: mysteriously
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moderato: moderate
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modulation: changing from one key to another
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molto: very
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movement: part of a larger piece of music
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non troppo: not to much
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octave: do to do
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offbeat: weak beat
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orchestration: setting instrumentsin different combinations
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ostinato: short melody repeated throughout a song
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overature: an introductory movement
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phrase: musical unit
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pianissimo: very soft
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piano: soft
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pitch: sound of a tone
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poco: a little
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polyrhythm: use of several rhythmic patterns and meters
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polytonality: use of many keys
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presto: very fast
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quadruple meter: four beats per measure
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range: distance between highest and lowest tones
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register: specific area in a range
81.
repeat sign: repeat area of a song
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repetition: provides unity to a form
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rhythm: controlled movement of music in time
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rubato: borrowed time
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scale: series of tones
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sforzando: a sudden stress on a note or chord
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sharp sign: raise tone but half note
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simple meter: beats subdivided into two
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staccato: short
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style: manner of presentation of musical elements
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syncopation: change of pulse by changing accent to an offbeat
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tempo: pace of music
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timbre: sound that distinguishes one voice from another
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tonality: organization around a home pitch
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tone: sound of pitch
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tonic: first note in a scale
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tonic chord: built on first note
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triad: common chord with three pitches
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triplet: group of three notes with equal length
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volume: degree of loudness
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whole step: interval consisting of two half steps
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wind ensemble: concert band
