Final Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Soft

A

A small best pattern

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Fast

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Use a quick best pattern with sharp and quick motions

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3
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Slow

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Use a slow pattern with graceful motions

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4
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Getting louder

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Use a beat pattern increasing in size

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5
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Getting softer

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Use a beat pattern decreasing in size

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6
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Speeding up

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Make the beat pattern faster

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7
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Slowing down

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Make the beat pattern slower

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Solemn, reverent, or legato

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Use a smooth rounded beat pattern

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Bright, joyful, or staccato

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Use an animated angular beat pattern

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10
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One vocal line is more important than the others

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Use your left hand to signal palm up to the important vocal group, Palm down to the other groups

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11
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Part of the choir cuts off while the other part continues to sing

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Before the cutoff look at the group that is to cut off

Give the cutoff signal with the left hand and then face the group that is to continue to sing

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12
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The silent part of the choir joins the singing part

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Hold your left palm up in the direction of the group that is sustaining
Continue the beat pattern with your right hand.

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13
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Accelerando accel.

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To quicken the tempo gradually

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14
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A tempo

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To return to the original tempo or rate of speed

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15
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Beat

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Marks the passing of musical time

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16
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Common time

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4/4

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17
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Conductor

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Someone who directs a choir, congregation, or group of instrumentalists

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18
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Da capo

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To repeat the piece of music from the beginning

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19
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Double bar

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Two closely spaced bar lines that mark the end of a section of music

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20
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Downbeat

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The first beat of a measure

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21
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Dynamics

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How loudly or softly a song is played

22
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Fermata

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Fine

24
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Ictus

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The point in the conducting pattern where the beat occurs

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Legato
Smooth and connected
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Molto
This word means very
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Marcato
A short line above or below a note indicating that is should be played with emphasis
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Poco a poco
Little by little
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Preparatory beat
The beat the conductor directs just before the first beat of a song or hymn
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Rallentado
The same as ritardando
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Repeat bars
A kind of barking that signals a repeat bars, using the first and second endings if they exist
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Rhythm
The way movement is express I'm musical time
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Ritardando
A gradual slowing in tempo
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Rubato
In a free style with flexible rhythm
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Slur
A curved line above or below two or more notes
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Staccato
A dot above or below a note that indicates it should be played in a short, detached style
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Tempo
The rate of speed of a musical piece
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Tempo markings
Words that set the tempo for a musical piece
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Time signature
A symbol made of two numbers, one above the other, found at the beginning of a piece of music that shows the meter for the piece
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Upbeat
The last beat of a measure
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Loud
Use a large beat pattern
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Largo
Broad
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Lento
Slow
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Adagio
At ease
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Andante
A walking pace
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Moderato
Moderate
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Allegretto allegro
Fast
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Vivace
Lively
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Presto
Very fast
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Prestissimo
As fast as possible