6_Band Vocab Set#2

Question 1

con brio

Answer 1

with great energy; vigorously

Question 2

ritardando

Answer 2

Ritardando (Italian: becoming slower) abbreviated often to rit., is often used as a direction to players

Question 3

poco

Answer 3

little

Question 4

accelerando

Answer 4

a gradual increase of speed

Question 5

programme music

Answer 5

musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events

Question 6

score

Answer 6

written music that shows all parts; a conductor’s score, for example, may have as many as thirty different simultaneous instrumental parts on one page, normally having the woodwind at the top, followed below by the brass, the percussion and finally the strings

Question 7

unison

Answer 7

the simultaneous sounding of the same note by two or more singers or players

Question 8

interval

Answer 8

the distance in pitch between two notes, counted from the lower note upwards, with the lower note as the first of the interval

Question 9

syncopation

Answer 9

the displacement of the usual rhythmic accent away from a strong beat onto a weak beat

Question 10

clef

Answer 10

a sign that specifies the note to be indicated by one of the lines, from which other notes may be gauged