Music Flashcards

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Alto

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woman’s vocal range

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Adagio

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Slow speed for a song

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Andante

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Relaxed speed

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Appoggiatura

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Grace notes that take some of the following note’s duration

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Arpeggio

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Notes of a chord played individually

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Bass

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Lowest male vocal range opposite of treble

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Bend

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Sliding a note up or down in jazz

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Cadenza

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Solo section of a song

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Canon

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Repeated and layered

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Coloratura

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Ornamentation of a vocal part

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Contralto

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Lowest female vocal range

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Countertenor

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Highest male vocal range

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12
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Dirge

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A song expressing grief at funerals

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Falsetto

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Vocal range above the normal in men

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Fermata

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Marking to hold a note longer than usual

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Flat

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Note lowered by one tone

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Legato

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Smooth and connected

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Marcato

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Every note accented

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Melisma

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Changing the note during one syllable

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Rondo

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A form of a song where the theme is alternated between other sections

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Rubato

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Flexible speed

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Semitones

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Half step or the smallest interval between notes

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Soprano

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Highest female vocal range

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Subito

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Suddenly

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Tacet

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Silent

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Tenor

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High male vocal range

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Tenuto

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Holding a note slightly longer

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Tessitura

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Middle part of a note range

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Treble

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Tones of high frequency opposite of bass

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Tutti

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All

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Enrico Caruso

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Italian tenor opera singer

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Aaron Copland

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Composer of billy the kid

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Claude Debussy

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French impressionist composer

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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The pirates of penzance

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Joseph Haydn

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Father of symphony

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Felix Mendelssohn

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Italian symphony

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Giacomo Puccini

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La boheme

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Henry Purcell

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Baroque English composer

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Franz Schubert

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Lieder and symphonies

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Richard Strauss

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Salome

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Igor Stravinsky

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The firebird

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Giuseppe Verdi

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Rigoletto