All State Vocab 2023

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Music

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A tempo

Return to the original tempo after some deviation

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Accelerando

Becoming gradually faster

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Allargando

Slowing of tempo, usually with increasing volume; most frequently occurs towards the end of a piece

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Allegro con spirit

Fast tempo with spirit

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Anacrusis

Upbeat or pickup

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Andante

Rather slow, at a moderate walking speed

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Arpeggio

The notes of a chord being played in succession to one another, rather than simultaneously; a broken chord

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Bel canto

Beautiful singing; an Italian opera term

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Binary form

AB form of a composition that has two distinct sections

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Cantabile

In a singing style; singable

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Chromatic

Motion by half steps; also describes harmony or melody that employs some of the sequential 12 pitches (semi-tones) in an octave

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D.C/Da Capo

Repeat from the beginning of the composition

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Descant

A high obligato part above the melody

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14

Divisi

Performers singing the same part are divided to sing different parts

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Dolce

Sweetly, usually also softly

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Espressivo

To play or sing with expression

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Falsetto

Type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyond the normal vocal range

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Fermata

A pause or hold

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Form

The organization and structure of a composition

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Grandioso

Grand, majestic

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Improvisation

Music that is created spontaneously

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Interval

The relationship between two pitches, the distance between an upper and lower pitch

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Largo

Very slow and broad

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Ledger lines

Short horizontal lines used to extend a staff either higher or lower

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Legato

To play or sing in a smooth, connected manner

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L'istesso

The beat remains constant when the meter changes

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Meno Mosso

Less motion

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Meter

Indicated by a time signature, can be simple or compound

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Mezzo Forte

Medium loud

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Modulation

To change key within a composition

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Motif

A short musical idea or melodic theme, usually shorter than a musical phrase

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Niente

Dying away to nothing

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Opera

A major vocal work that involves theatrical elements

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Oratorio

Large scale musical composition on a sacred subject

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Part song

An unaccompanied homophonic composition for three or more voices

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Poco Piu Mosso

A little more motion

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Presto

Very fast; faster than allegro

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Rallentando

Gradually slowing down

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Rubato

Making the established pulse flexible by accelerating and slowing down the tempo; an expressive device

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Senza

Without

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Sforzando

Strongly accented; forced

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Solfege

A system used for teaching sight reading (Do-Re-Mi)

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Sotto Voce

Softly; with subdued sound; performed in an undertone

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Strophic

Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music

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Subito

Suddenly; quickly

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Tessitura

Most widely used range of pitches in a piece of music

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Tranquillo

To perform in a relaxed tempo

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Triad

Three note chord consisting of the root, third, and fifth

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Vibrato

A rapid fluctuation of pitch slightly higher or lower than the main pitch

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Vivace

Lively; briskly

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