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Details Title: Chamber Music Terms Description: Music terminology Total Flash Cards: 20 Created: 10/10/2006 13:00:10	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term ad libitum (ad lib.) Definition freely; not in strict time Term affettuoso Definition with feeling and emotion Term alla breve (c) Definition cut time; two beats to the measure; one beat to each half note Term a piacere Definition at pleasure; equivalent of ad libitum Term appoggiatura Definition a grace note which takes the accent and part of the time value of the following principal note; often called long grace note Term assai Definition very Term bassa Definition low. 8va bassa means play the notes an octave lower than written Term calando Definition gradually softer and slower Term dal segno (D.S.) Definition from the sign @ Term enharmonic Definition alike in pitch but different in notation Term fermata Definition a pause or hold Term giocoso Definition humorous Term gruppetto Definition a group of grace notes; a turn Term l'istesso tempo Definition at the same tempo as the previous passage or movement Term mordent Definition an embellishment of two or more notes that make up a very short trill Term non tanto Definition not too much Term ossia Definition otherwise; or else: indicating another way of playing a passage Term rubato Definition robbing or taking from the notes their strict time value by alternately hurrying and retarding for the purpose of expression Term stringendo (string.) Definition pressing; accelerating the tempo Term tacet Definition be silent; do not play