Music exam shit

Spinnliedchen

little spinning song

allegretto

moderately fast

leggiero

lightly

cresc.

crescendo - gradually get louder

Poco riten

poco ritenuto - slow down tempo

a tempo

resume o.g tempo

poco a poco dim.

poco a poco diminuendo - little by little get softer

dim

diminuendo - gradually get softer

rall.

rallentando - gradually slow down tempo - interchangeable with rit

Albert Ellmenreich 1816-1905

German composer/actor from Hamburg. Had a one hit wonder

Simple duple time

2 beats in a bar which divides equally into 2 parts

Spinnliedchen key signature

e major

Rainbow connection key signatures

a major and b flat major

Con pedale

use sustain pedal

subito

suddenly

una corda

one string - soft pedal

tre corda

3 strings - release soft pedal

8ve

play an octave higher than written

rainbow connection

american song from the Muppet Movie by Kermit on the banjo

Simple triple time

3 beats in a bar which equally split into 2 parts

Kenneth Lee Ascher

American jazz pianist/composer/arranger wrote the rainbow connection for the 1979 Muppet Movie which got a “best original song” and “golden globe” nomination

Paul Hamilton Williams

American songwriter/composer/actor who wrote Evergreen: a star is born, since 2009 worked for ASCAP and voiced penguin in animated batman movie.

Jingpo Folk Song key signature

c major

Jingpo

One of the southern minority groups from southwest china.

Folk song

traditional song passed down by ear than written

sf

suddenly with force

Zhang Zhao

contemporary Chinese pianist/composer born in 1964 who preserves Chinese fold elements by fusing them with western art music.