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Title: Chamber Music Terms

Description: Music terminology

Total Flash Cards: 20

Created: 10/10/2006 13:00:10

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Term
ad libitum (ad lib.)
 Definition
freely; not in strict time
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affettuoso
 Definition
with feeling and emotion
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alla breve (c)
 Definition
cut time; two beats to the measure; one beat to each half note
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a piacere
 Definition
at pleasure; equivalent of ad libitum
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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
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assai
 Definition
very
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bassa
 Definition
low. 8va bassa means play the notes an octave lower than written
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calando
 Definition
gradually softer and slower
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dal segno (D.S.)
 Definition
from the sign @
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enharmonic
 Definition
alike in pitch but different in notation
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fermata
 Definition
a pause or hold
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giocoso
 Definition
humorous
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gruppetto
 Definition
a group of grace notes; a turn
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l'istesso tempo
 Definition
at the same tempo as the previous passage or movement
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mordent
 Definition
an embellishment of two or more notes that make up a very short trill
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non tanto
 Definition
not too much
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ossia
 Definition
otherwise; or else: indicating another way of playing a passage
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rubato
 Definition
robbing or taking from the notes their strict time value by alternately hurrying and retarding for the purpose of expression
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stringendo (string.)
 Definition
pressing; accelerating the tempo
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tacet
 Definition
be silent; do not play