Music Terminology Flashcards

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Musical background to a principal part or parts.

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Accompaniment

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Very quickly and lively.

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Allegro di molto e con brio (It.)

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Where the notes of a chord are spread out, each one being played in turn as quickly as possible, usually from the bottom note upwards.

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Arpeggiation

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Performance indications showing the precise way in which notes should be played.

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Articulation signs

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Roughly 1600-1750.

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Baroque period

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Where the pitch of a note is changed slightly, usually raised.

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Bend

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A style of Brazilian music derived from samba but slower and more subdued and placing more emphasis on melody and less on percussion.

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Bossa nova

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Where most instruments stop playing for a short time with one instrument (or singer) continuing alone.

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Break

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In a singing style.

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Cantabile (It.)

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The simultaneous sounding together of two or more notes.

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Chord