Bethany Orick was VERY nice and shared her QUIZLET of our vocabulary words for Wednesday.
http://quizlet.com/13304879/music-terms-set-1-flash-cards/
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Terms for Fall 2012
- A capriccio-Whimsical
- A piacere-At pleasure
- A tempo-Previoius tempo (used after one of the above variations)
- Accelerando-Gradually faster
- Adagio/Lento-Slow
- Agitato-Agitated
- Agogic accent-Accent by longer duration of a note
- Alla misura-Strict tempo
- Allargando-Gradually slower and louder
- Allegretto-Moderately fast
- Allegro-Fast, quickly
- Andante-Slow but moving
- Andantino-Moderately slow
- Animato-Animated
- assai - very
- caesura - a break in the musical line
- Calando-Gradually slower and softer
- Cantabile-Singing
- cola parte - with the other part
- Con bravura-With boldness
- Con brio-With vigor
- Con fuoco-With fire
- con moto - with motion
- Con tenerezza-With tenderness
- Crescendo (cresc.)-Becoming louder
- Crescendo e diminuendo (cresc. e dim.)-Gradually louder, then gradually softer
- Crescendo molto (cresc. molto)-Becoming much louder
- Crescendo poco a poco (cresc. poco a poco)-Louder little by little
- Decrescendo (decresc.)-Becoming softer
- Diminuendo (dim.)-Diminishing
- Dolce-Sweetly
- Dolente-Sad, mournful
- doppio valore - twice as slow
- Dynamic accent-Accent by stress or reinforcement
- Espressivo-Expressively
- feroce - wildly or fiercely
- Forte (f)-Loud
- Forte-piano (fp)-Loudly-softly
- Fortissimo (ff)-Very loud
- fuoco - fire
- Giocoso-Humorously
- Grave - tempo-Very slow and heavy
- Grave -character-Solemn
- grazia - gracefully
- ictus - the point of the beat
- Irregular accent-Accent on a normally unaccented beat
- L'istesso tempo-Same tempo (beat remains the same even though meter changes)
- langsam - slow
- Larghetto-Very slow but moving
- Largo-Very slow and broad
- Legato-Smoothly connected
- leggiero - lighly or airy
- lento - slowly
- Maestoso-Majestic
- Marcato-Marked emphasis
- Meno mosso-Less motion
- Mezzo forte (mf)-Moderately loud
- Mezzo piano (mp)-Moderately soft
- Moderato-Moderately paced
- molto - much
- Morendo-Dying away
- mosso - motion
- non troppo - not too much
- ossia - otherwise, or refers to a simplified part
- Pesante-Heavy
- Pianissimo (pp)-Very soft
- Piano (p)-Soft
- Piu allegro-More lively
- Piu mosso-More motion
- pochissimo - very little
- poco - little
- Portato-Slurred staccato
- Prestissimo-As fast as possible
- Presto-Very fast
- Rallentando-Gradually slower and broader
- retenu - held back
- Rinforzando-Accent by strengthening
- Ritardando-Gradually slower
- Ritenuto-Suddenly slower
- ritmico - rhymical
- rubato - phrasing, give and take, shading of tempo, borrowing of time
- Scherzando-Playful, jesting
- Secondary accent-Accent on a beat other than the down beat, e.g. beat three in common time
- Semplice-Simple, unaffected
- sempre - always
- Senza misura-Freely
- simile - in a similar manner
- Sforzando (sfz)-Loudly accented
- Sforzando/Forzando-Accent by forcing/pressure
- smorzando - dying away
- Sostenuto-Sustaining
- Sotto voce-Subdued voice
- spicato - springing or bouncing of bow off the string (a staccato technique)
- Staccato-Detached
- stentato - labored
- Stringendo-Gradualy faster and hastening
- Subito forte (sub. f)-Suddenly loud
- Subito piano (sub. p)-Suddenly soft
- tacet - silent for a particular instrument
- Tempo giusto-In exact tempo
- Tempo primo-First tempo
- Tempo Rubato-Taken freely
- Tenuto-Held, sustained
- tessitura - the range within most notes lie
- Tonic accent-Accent by rise of pitch, rather than by stress
- Tranquillo-Gently
- troppo - too much
- tutti - everyone
- Vivace-Lively
- vivo - lively or brisk; spirited
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