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Details Title: RCM Grade 2 Rudiments Description: Terms with definitions or translations Total Flash Cards: 53 Created: 08/02/2006 18:12:52	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 léger Definition light, lightly Term lentement Definition slowly Term modéré Definition at a moderate tempo Term mouvement Definition tempo; motion Term vite Definition fast Term bewegt Definition moving Term langsam Definition slow, slowly Term massig Definition moderate, moderately Term mit Ausdruck Definition with expression Term sehr Definition very Term schnell Definition fast Term ad libitum, ad lib. Definition at the liberty of the performer Term agitato Definition agitated Term allargando, allarg. Definition broadening, becoming slower Term arco Definition for stringed instruments: resume bowing after a pizzicato passage Term attacca Definition proceed without break Term comodo Definition at a comfortable, easy tempo Term con fuoco Definition with fire Term con grazia Definition with grace Term con sordino Definition with mute Term dolente Definition sad Term giocoso Definition humorous, jocose Term grandioso Definition grand, grandiose Term largamente Definition broadly Term l'istesso tempo Definition the same tempo Term martellato Definition strongly accented, hammered Term mesto Definition sad, mournful Term morendo Definition dying, fading away Term pesante Definition weighty, with emphasis Term pizzicato, pizz. Definition for stringed instruments: pluck the string instead of bowing Term primo, prima Definition first; the upper part of a duet Term ritenuto, riten. Definition suddenly slower, held back Term scherzando Definition playful Term secondo, seconda Definition second; second or lower part of a duet Term semplice Definition simple Term sforzando, sf, sfz Definition a sudden strong accent of a single note or chord Term simile Definition continue in the same manner as has just been indicated Term sonore Definition sonorous Term sostenuto, sost. Definition sustained Term sotto voce Definition soft, subdued, under the breath Term strepitoso Definition boisterous, noisy Term stringendo, string. Definition pressing, becoming faster Term subito, sub. Definition suddenly Term tacet Definition be silent Term tutti Definition a passage for the ensemble Term vivo Definition lively Term volta Definition time (for example, prima volta, first time; seconda volta, second time) Term volta subito, v.s. Definition turn the page quickly Term triad Definition a chord consisting of a root, a 3rd, and a 5th Term 7th chord Definition a chord consisting of a root, a 3rd, a 5th, and a 7th Term quartal chord Definition a chord built on a series of 4ths Term polychord Definition a combination of two or more different chords Term cluster Definition a chord consisting of at least three adjacent notes of a scale