Music Vocab Flashcard 4

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To perform with vivacity or spirit

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Con brio

Front

Slow

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Lento

Front

To perform with fervid emotion; 'with fire'

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Con fuoco

Front

Tenderly, with affection, or lovingly

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Con amore

Front

To 'rob' or steal time values by holding back or speeding up a phrase.

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Rubato

Front

A scale or series of notes defining a tonality.

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Key

Front

To perform lively or briskly

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Vivace

Front

A slow, solemn tempo; 40-60 bpm

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Largo

Front

A musical unit, often part of a melody; a musical thought or idea.

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Phrase

Front

A series of notes in order presenting the pitches of a key or mode, starting or ending on the tonic.

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Scale