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a tempo: return to original tempo
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abbreviation of first inversion: 5/3
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abbreviation of second inversion: 6/3
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abbreviation of third inversion: 6/4
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accelerando: accelerate
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adagio: slowly
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allegretto: between allegro and andante
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allegro: fast
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andantino: slightly faster than andante
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appoggiatura: play the first note as half the value of the second note
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arpeggio: broken chord that continues in one direction for several octaves
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articulation: ways notes are executed
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Baratok and Kabalevsky were composers from what period?: contemporary
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cadence: closing for phrase of music made of 2 or more chords
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cantabile: in singing style
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chord I and V: half cadence
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chord IV then I: plagal cadence
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chord V then I: authentic cadence
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con: with
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con brio: with spirit
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con moto: with motion
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cresendo: gradually louder
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D.C. al Fine: go back to the beginning of the piece and play till the word fine
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damper pedal: right pedal
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dolce: sweetly
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dominant seventh: major triad with added 7th above the root
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dynamics: volume
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enharmonic: 2 names for the same pitch (C# and Db)
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espressivo: expressively
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fermata: hold longer than its vaue
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I chord: tonic
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ii chord: supertonic
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iii chord: mediant
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imitation: when motive is repeated immediately in another voice
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interval: distance between 2 notes named with numbers
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IV chord: subdominant
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J.S. Bach was a composer from what period?: Baroque
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largo: slowly
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leggiero: lightly, delicately
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lento: slowly
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moderate: medium tempo
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molto: much, very
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motive: short group of notes used in a piece of music
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Mozart, Clementi, and Beethoven were composers from what period?: classical
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octave sign: play the notes an octave higher or lower
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parallel major and minor: major and minor keys with same letter name
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phrase: musical sentence usually 4 measures long
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primary triads: chords I, IV, &, V
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rallentando: gradually slower
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repetition: when motive is repeated immediately exactly the way it was first played
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ritardando: slow down
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Schuber, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky were composers from what period?: Romantic
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secondary triads: chords ii, iii, vi, &, vii
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sequence: when motive is repeated immediately on different note
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sforzando: sudden sharp accent
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spiritoso: with spirit
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subito: suddenly
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tenuto: stress the note
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tranquilly: calmly
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trill: ornament played starting on the note above or below the note and alternating between this and the original note
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turn: ornament played by starting on the note about the original note then moving down 2 notes and back to the original note
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una corda: left pedal
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upbeat: when an incomplete measure begins the piece and beats are borrowed from the last measure
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V chord: dominant
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vi chord: submediant
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vii chord: leading tone
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vivace: quick lively
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vivo: brisk
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when making a dominant seventh chord in harmonic minor what do you do to the third note?: raise it a half step
