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Flashcards in CAPMT level 9 vocab Deck (17)
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Assai

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Very

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Allemande

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A dance in moderate 2/4 or 4/4 time. Usually the first movement of a Baroque suite.

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Attacca

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Start the next movement without a break.

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Baroque dance suite

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A set of dances in the same key. The standard dances are: allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue.

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Calando

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Get slower and softer

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Courante

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A dance in triple time. One of the movements in a Baroque suite.

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Double dotted note

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A note adding 3/4 of its value to itself.

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Gigue

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A lively dance in compound time. The final movement of a Baroque suite

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Grave

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To be preformed in a solemn manner.

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Rubato

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Slight flexibility of tempo.

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Sarabande

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A slow dance in triple time. One of the movements of a Baroque suite.

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Segue

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The next section follows without a break.

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Smorzando

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Dying away.

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Sotto voce

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Subdued. In an undertone.

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Tempo giusto

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Normal, proper speed.

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Toccata

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A virtuosic piece featuring sections of rapid passage work which frequently alternate with contrasting sections.

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Transposition

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Playing or writing a key other than the original.