Music Vocabulary 9th

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allargando

broadening, becoming slower

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largo

very slow

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interval

the distance between two pitches

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4

tacet

be silent

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5

major scale

a scale with the following intervals from tonic: wwhwwwh

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meno

less

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mosso

moved, agitated

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8

volti

turn (page)

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9

grace note

a note printed in small type to indicate that its time value is not counted in the rhythm of the bar

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10

leading tone

the seventh scale degree of a major or harmonic minor scale that "leads" to the tonic

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11

Grand Martélé Bowing

fast hammered bowstrokes using a large portion of bow that are released suddenly

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12

tutti

in a concerto, the ensemble plays all together or an "all play"

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13

niente

to fade away into nothing

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tenuto

held or sustained

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sempre

always, continuously

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morendo

dying, fading away

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pesante

weighty, with emphasis

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cadenza

in a concerto, an improvised or written ornamental passage performed by the soloist

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glissando

a continuous or sliding movement from one pitch to another

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Hooked Bowing

A slurred or tied style of bowing separated with a slight pause or pulse most commonly used in 6/8 meter

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