8_Band Vocab Set #2

Question 1

Cantabile

Answer 1

Italian for “in singing style”; appears often at the beginning of movements as in “andante cantabile” - at walking speed and in a singing style

Question 2

duet

Answer 2

a piece of music written for two performers

Question 3

intonation

Answer 3

Intonation is the exactness of pitch or lack of it in playing or singing. Collective intonation is that of a group of instruments, where slight individual variations in pitch can be lost in a generally more favourable effect

Question 4

key signature

Answer 4

any combination of sharps or flats found after the clef at the beginning of each stave indicating they key of a composition

Question 5

key

Answer 5

indicates the scale used and the key note or home note, on the chord of which it must end

Question 6

maestoso

Answer 6

Italian for “majestic”; used to suggest a majestic manner of performance, either in mood or speed

Question 7

aleatoric

Answer 7

music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work’s realization is left to the determination of its performer(s)

Question 8

glissando

Answer 8

a continuous slide upward or downward between two notes

Question 9

cue

Answer 9

an extract from the music for another part printed, usually in smaller notes, within a performer’s part as a signal to enter after a long rest or to play those notes if that particular instrument is missing

Question 10

divisi

Answer 10

“separate” —used as a direction in music for orchestral players reading the same musical staff to divide into two or more voice parts —abbr. “div”