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A-level Music - DEFINITIONS > DEFINITIONS > Flashcards

DEFINITIONS Flashcards

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Allegro agitato e appassionato assai

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A punta d’arco

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The performance of a musical passage for a stringed instrument with the tip or point of the bow.

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Canon

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Strict imitation in which multiple instruments play the same part at set amounts apart from each other.

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5
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Coda

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Rounding off

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6
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Changing notes

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An accented passing note in old strict musical counterpoint
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An unaccented non-harmonic note that resolves to its neighbouring chord after touching an intervening note

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8
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Development

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Developers the melodies from that exposition in various keys

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9
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Conjunct

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Music that moves in step

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Exposition DOUBLE CHECK ME PLS!!!!!

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Introduction of the main themes/subjects of the piece

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11
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Concertino

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A group of solo instruments performing as part of a concerto grosso

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12
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Disjunct

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Music that moves in leaps

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14
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Periodic phrasing

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Beautifully balanced question and answer phrases that valance each other out

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15
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Moto perpetuo

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A fast instrumental passage

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17
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Recapitulation

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Altered repeat of exposition

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Religiosamente

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Religiously

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20
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Fugue

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A piece in which a main theme is played in imitation by all instruments

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23
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Siciliano

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Movement in 17th C. Music characterised by slow triplet time signature (6/8, 12/8)

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Tierce de picardie

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A major third in the final chord of a piece in a minor key.

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Spiccato

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Type of Staccato playing on a stringed instrument where you bounce the bow on the strings

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Ritornello

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A recurring musical section/idea that returns and alternates with different contrasting material.

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Ripieno

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The large body of accompaniment strings in a concerto grosso (the rest of the orchestra)

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