Music Vocab Quiz 5

A series of notes into which the octave is divided according to a specific system. The major and minor scales are modes.

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An Italian vocal style characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility, smoothness and purity of tone.

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A stylized close in music which divides the music into periods or bring it to full conclusion.

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Strict counterpoint in which each voice exactly imitates the previous voice at a fixed distance.

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Singing or performing in a melodious and graceful style, full of expression.

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Italian-- to sing, celebrate or praise

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Break or interruption in music, notated by two diagonal lines of referred to as railroad tracks.

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French polyphonic song of the Middle Ages or Renaissance.

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The sounding of two or more notes simultaneously.

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Music that proceeds in half steps.

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