Flashcards: 2011 HS Music Dept Vocabulary
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Saxmusic24 on June 20, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pianissimo | very soft (pp) |
| Piano | soft (p) |
| Mezzo-piano | medium soft (mp) |
| Mezzo-forte | medium loud (mf) |
| Forte | loud (f) |
| Fortissimo | very loud (ff) |
| Crescendo | gradually increasing in volume |
| Decrescendo | gradually decreasing in volume |
| Sforzando | a sudden strong accent of a single note or chord |
| Poco a poco | little by little, gradually |
| Subito | suddenly |
| Fermata | Hold the note longer than its value |
| Caesura | a break or pause in music |
| Accent | Indicates stress or emphasis of a note |
| Slur | curved line that connects two or more notes of different pitches to indicate that they are to be performed in legato style |
| Staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style indicated by a dot above or below the note |
| Legato | smooth and connected |
| Marcato | marked with emphasis |
| Tenuto | fully sustained, occasionally even a bit longer than the note value requires |
| Phrase | a short musical passage |
| Ritardando | gradually slowing down |
| Rallentando | gradually slower and broader |
| Accelerando | gradually increasing in tempo |
| 'A Tempo' | return to the original tempo |
| Largo | very slow in tempo and broad in manner |
| Lento | Slowly |
| Allegro | a brisk and lively tempo |
| Vivace | very fast and lively |
| Presto | very fast |
| Andante | a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) |
| Moderato | moderately |
| Con moto | with motion |
| Rubato | a flexible tempo using slight variations of speed to enhance musical expression |
| Time Signature | tells how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note gets one beat |
| Barline | the line that separates measures |
| Key Signature | sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff to indicate which pitches are to be raised or lowered from their natural state during the piece |
| Clef | In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff |
| D.C. | return to the beginning |
| D.S. | go back to the sign |
| Coda | the closing section of a musical composition |
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