Orchestra Vocab Quiz 6-9

turn

embellishment that rotates around primary tone

grace note

embellishment that comes before/after primary tone

tenuto

stress/stretch note

sempre

always

morendo

dying away gradually

largo

very slow

glissando

slide between 2 notes

interval

distance between pitches

tacet

do not play

major scale

scale that follows WWHWWHH

presto

very fast tempo

tonic

1st scale degree

dominant

5th scale degree

tutti

all play

niente

fade to nothing

allargando

stretched passage

sul

on/near

trill

rapid oscillation between 2 notes

enharmonic

Notes that sound the same but are spelled differently

bridge

maestoso

majesticly

agitato

Agitated

espressivo

expressive

subito

suddenly

to the end

syncopation

stressing the off/weak beat

molto

much

piu

more

GP (grand pause)

whole orchestra stops playing

poco

little

fermata

hold note/rest until director indicates

luftpaus

lift and pause

con

with

senza

without

sordino

mute

da capo

from the beginning

dal segnone

from the sign

coda

tag

mezzo

medium

allegro

quick and cheerful

andante

slow walking tempo

tempo

rate of speed a piece is played at

ledger lines

lines that extend the staff

simile

same as previous style

dolce

sweet

rallentando

gradually slowing down

scale

a series of consecutive ascending and descending notes that start and end on same pitch

half step

smallest interval between 2 notes

whole step

2 half steps

slur

curved lines that connect notes of different pitch

dynamics

volume of sound, soft or loud