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IB Music (HL)Exploring music in context

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Music

IB Music (HL)

Exploring music in context

11 Terms

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Crescendo
Gradually becoming louder
Gradually becoming louder
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Decrescendo/Diminuendo
Gradually becoming softer
Gradually becoming softer
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3
Sforzando
Suddenly or strongly accented
Suddenly or strongly accented
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4
Staccato
Short and detached
Short and detached
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5
Pizzicato
Where a stringed instrument is to be plucked
Where a stringed instrument is to be plucked
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Arco
Where a stringed instrument is to be played with the bow (used after pizzicato)
Where a stringed instrument is to be played with the bow (used after pizzicato)
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Tremolo
The rapid repetition of one or two notes produced by a bow on a string instrument
The rapid repetition of one or two notes produced by a bow on a string instrument
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Rallentando
Gradually becoming slower
Gradually becoming slower
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Ritardando
Gradually becoming slower
Gradually becoming slower
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Ritenuto
Held back (ie. immediately slower)
Held back (ie. immediately slower)
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Legato
Smoothly or well connected
Smoothly or well connected
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