Final Flashcards
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a capella
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unaccompanied choral singing
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accelerando
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gradual acceleration
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accompagnato
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accompanied
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adagio
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slow, leisurely; a slow movement
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ad libitum
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at liberty
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agitato
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agitated
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a la measure
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in strict time
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al fine
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to the finish
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alla breve
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2/2 meter, cut time
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allargando
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growing slower
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allegro
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lively, brisk, rapid
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allegro ma non troppo
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fast, but not too much so
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andante
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moderately slow, walking tempo
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andantino
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little slower than andante
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animato
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animation, with spirit
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assai
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very
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a tempo
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in time
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con brio
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with life
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cantabile
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in a singing style
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capo
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head; beginning
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capriccioso
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in a capricious, fanciful, fantastic style
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coda
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a passage ending a movement
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codetta
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short coda
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colla parte
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with the part
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come prima
as before; as at first
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con
with
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crescendo
swelling; gradual increase in loudness
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dal segno
from the sign
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decrescendo
decreasing in loudness
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detache
detached
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divisi
divided
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dolce
sweetly
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encore
again
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fermata
a hold
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fine
end; close
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forte
loud
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fortissimo
extremely loud
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forzato
with force, energy
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fuoco (con)
with fire
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furioso
furiously
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glocoso
playfully
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grande
large
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Grand
with grandeur
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grave
heavy; slow
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grosso
great
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istesso (l'istesso tempo)
the same tempo
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lagrime (con)
tearful
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langsam
slow
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largamente
largely
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larghetto
faster than largo
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largo
large; broad
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legato
smoothly
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leggiero
light, airy
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lento
slow
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lunga
long
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maestro
majestic
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marcato
with emphasis
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marcatissimo
very marked emphasis
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meno
less; not so
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mederato
moderate
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molto
very
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morendo
dying away
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mosso
moved
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moto
motion
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parlando
speaking; singing with clear and marked enunciation
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perdendosi
dying away
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pesante
heavy, ponderous; firm
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piano
soft, softly
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pianissimo
very soft
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pianississimo
very, very soft
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piu
more
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poco
little
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prestissimo
very rapidly
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presto
fast; rapid
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primo
first
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quasi
as if; as it were
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rallentando
growing slower and slower
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ritardando
growing slower and slower
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rubato
robbed time; give/take
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sans
without
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secco
dry; simple
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segno
a sign
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sempre
always
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senza
without
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sforzato
special stress; marked and sudden emphasis
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sostenuto
sustained
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spiccato
sharp staccato (off the string)
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spirito, con
with spirit
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staccato
short; detached
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stringendo
hastening
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subito
suddenly
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tacet
"it is silent"
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tenuto
held; tone so marked is to be sustained for its full time value
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tessitura
range covered by the main body of tones in a given part
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troppo
too much
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tutti
entire performing ensemble
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vigoroso
with vigor
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vivace
lively; animated; brisk
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vivo
lively; spiritedly; briskly
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voce
voice part
