6th Grade General Music
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llf2b on January 19, 2009
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mnps, music terms, music vocabulary
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accelerando | gradually increasing in tempo |
| accompaniment | Music that goes along with a more important part, in most cases along with melody |
| andante | (of tempo) moderately slow, walking pace |
| arrange | put into a proper or systematic order |
| arrangement | the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music |
| band | a group of people form a group to play or write music and possibly lyrics |
| chorus | large organized group of singers or part of a song that's mentioned the most |
| composition | musical creation |
| diminuendo | gradually decreasing in volume |
| ensemble | a group of musicians playing or singing together |
| genre | an expressive style of music |
| improvisation | something composed of performed with little or no preparations |
| intervals | distances between tones; 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, etc. |
| jazz | This is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century, mostly popular in the 20's |
| largo | very slow in tempo and broad in manner |
| mezzo forte | medium loud (mf) |
| mezzo piano | medium soft (mp) |
| octave | a musical interval of eight tones |
| presto | (of tempo) very fast |
| range | distance between the lowest and highest tones of a melody, instrument, or voice |
| ritardando | gradually slower (rit) |
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