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Conducting Vocab
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04/25/2004
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Term
Tonic
 Definition
first degree of scale
Term
Super Tonic
 Definition
Second scale degree
Term
Mediant
 Definition
third scale degree
Term
subdominant
 Definition
fourth scale degree
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dominant
 Definition
fifth scale degree
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submediant
 Definition
sixth scale degree
Term
subtonic
 Definition
lowered 7th degree
Term
leading tone
 Definition
7th degree
Term
Doppio movimento
 Definition
twice as fast
Term
Piu mosso/piu moto
 Definition
more movement
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stringendo
 Definition
speeding up
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allargando
 Definition
retarding and broadening
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Meno mosso/meno moto
 Definition
less speed
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Morendo
 Definition
dying away
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Slentando
 Definition
slowing down
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smorzando
 Definition
fading away
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brio
 Definition
with vigor
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cantabile
 Definition
in a singing style
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dolce
 Definition
sweetly
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Giocoso
 Definition
playfully/humorously
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Risoluto
 Definition
resolute/firm
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scherzo
 Definition
joke
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Teneramente
 Definition
Tenderly/delicately
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Leggiero
 Definition
Lightly
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Pesante
 Definition
heavy/ponderously
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Portamento
 Definition
sliding from one note to another
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poco a poco
 Definition
little by little
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senza
 Definition
without
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subito
 Definition
immediately
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troppo
 Definition
too much
Term
A Capella
 Definition
without accompaniment
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A due
 Definition
in two parts
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Agogic Accent
 Definition
and accent that is produced by note duration, not by dynamics nor stress
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Aleatory music
 Definition
music that has elements of chance in either the composition or the performance
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Alla breve
 Definition
Duple time, with the half not receiving one beat.
Term
Anacrusis
 Definition
pick-up note or upbeat
Term
Arpa or harpa
 Definition
harp
Term
Assai
 Definition
very/much
Term
Attacca
 Definition
seguing/ begin the next section without pausing
Term
Augmentation
 Definition
increasing the time value of the notes of a theme or melody
Term
Baroque music
 Definition
music from the approximate time of 1600-1750
Term
Becken
 Definition
German word for cymbals
Term
Berceuse
 Definition
a lullaby
Term
Bewegt
 Definition
German word for animated or agitated
Term
Bratsche
 Definition
German for viola
Term
Up Bow
 Definition
sign
Term
Down Bow
 Definition
sign
Term
Cacophony
 Definition
discordant sound/harsh sound
Term
Caisse
 Definition
drum
Term
Calcando
 Definition
Pressing forward
Term
Capriccio
 Definition
instrumental piece of a humerous or capricious character
Term
Violincello
 Definition
full name for the cello
Term
Chalumeau
 Definition
low register of the clarinet
Term
Chef d' orchestre
 Definition
French for conductor
Term
clarino
 Definition
high register of the clarinet
Term
Col arco
 Definition
with the bow (opposed to pizzicato)
Term
Col legno
 Definition
striking the strings with the wood of the bow, not the hair of the bow
Term
Cor
 Definition
Horn
Term
Cor Anglais
 Definition
English Horn
Term
Coro
 Definition
Italian for chorus
Term
cross relation
 Definition
chord progression in which a note in one part of the first chord is followed by a chromatic alteration of the same note in the second chord. It can also be the simultaneious sounding in a single chord of a note and its chromatic alteration.
Term
cutoff
 Definition
a surgical procedure not a musical procedure
Term
Deux
 Definition
two
Term
Diatonic
 Definition
within the tones (or using the tones) on the standard major or minor scales
Term
Dodecaphonic
 Definition
pertaining to twelve-tone technique
Term
Double stop
 Definition
the playing of two or more notes at the same time.
Term
Duplet
 Definition
group of two notes played in the time of three notes of the same value
Term
Entr'acte
 Definition
music performed between acts of a ballet, drama, or opera.
Term
Exposition
 Definition
in sonata form, the first section containing the statement of the themes.
Term
F clef
 Definition
bass clef
Term
G clef
 Definition
Treble cleff
Term
Feminine Cadence
 Definition
cadence ending on a weak beat
Term
Frog
 Definition
end of the bow that is at the bower's hand
Term
Gestopft
 Definition
German for stopping notes on a horn (with the player's hand, which creates a buzzed muted sound)
Term
Tip
 Definition
end of a bow opposite from the player's hand
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Giusto
 Definition
just/right ("tempo giusto" means strict tempo)
Term
Harmonic Mark
 Definition
hollow dot placed over a note to be touched, not stopped on string instrument
Term
Harmonic Rhythm
 Definition
rhythmic pattern that is the result of the changes in harmony
Term
Hautbois
 Definition
French for oboe
Term
Innig
 Definition
heartfelt or tender
Term
Langsam
 Definition
slowly
Term
Leggiero
 Definition
light, airy, delicate
Term
Libretto
 Definition
text of an opera, oratorio, etc.
Term
L'istesso
 Definition
the same
Term
Luftpause
 Definition
breathing rest
Term
Alla Marcia
 Definition
in the style of a march
Term
Masculine Cadence
 Definition
a cadence that falls on a strong beat
Term
Meno
 Definition
Less
Term
Mezzo voce
 Definition
half voice
Term
Mit
 Definition
German for "with"
Term
Modulate
 Definition
to pass from one key to another/change keys
Term
Murky bass
 Definition
bass accompaniment in broken octaves (used most in 18th century music)
Term
Muta
 Definition
Italian for "change". Usually this is an indication for a change of tuning in the timpani during a piece or movement.
Term
Natural Horn
 Definition
horn or tumpet consisting of tubing (relying on overtones) because there are no valves.
Term
Nuance
 Definition
French for "shading" -- subtle change of intensity, tempo, touch, or phrasing.
Term
Oblique motion
 Definition
when one part ascends or descends while the other part remains the same pitch
Term
Ostinato
 Definition
repeated rhythmic feature
Term
Ottavino
 Definition
Italian for the piccolo
Term
Parlando
 Definition
an indication that the voice must approximate speech (as apposed to sing)
Term
Partial
 Definition
harmonic (or overtone)
Term
Passaggio
 Definition
Italian for the passage between vocal tessituras.
Term
Pauke/pauken
 Definition
timpani or kettledrum
Term
Perdendosi
 Definition
dying away
Term
Peu
 Definition
little, or somewhat
Term
Pf.
 Definition
Abbreviation for the piano part in orchestral scores
Term
Piatti
 Definition
cymbals
Term
Picardy Third
 Definition
The use of a major third in the final chord of a composition in a minor key.
Term
Piu
 Definition
more
Term
plagal cadence
 Definition
cadence going from IV chord to the tonic ("Amen" chord)
Term
Posaune
 Definition
German for trombone
Term
Punta
 Definition
at the point of the bow, tip
Term
Ripieno
 Definition
Italian for "full", in jmusic meaning full ensemble, as opposed to the solo part
Term
Sans
 Definition
French for "without"
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Senza
 Definition
Italian for "without"
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Simile
 Definition
continue in the same manner (usually for articulation purposes)
Term
Sourd, sourde
 Definition
French for muffled or muted
Term
Sticatto
 Definition
Seperated
Term
Sprechstimme
 Definition
voice production halfway between sung and spoken
Term
Stretto
 Definition
imitation in close succession, which produces and increase in intensity
Term
Tessitura
 Definition
comfortable range of a vocal part
Term
Thesis
 Definition
downbeat
Term
Tres
 Definition
very, molto
Term
Tritone
 Definition
the augmented fourth, or the diminished fifth (the octave split in half)
Term
Tromba
 Definition
Italian for trumpet
Term
Trommel
 Definition
German for drum
Term
Veloce
 Definition
Quickly
Term
Sotto voce
 Definition
play under (softer than) the singer
Term
Vox
 Definition
the voice
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Zeitmass
 Definition
tempo
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