Grade 3and 4 AMEB Theory Terms and signs Flashcards
(110 cards)
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Largamente
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broadly
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larghetto
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rather broadly
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prestissimo
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extremely fast, as fast as possible
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con moto
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with movement
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calando
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getting softer and slower
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morendo
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dying away
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forte-piano (fp)
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loud then immediately soft
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sforzando (sf)
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a strong accent
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agitato
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with agitation
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attacca
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go on at once
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animato
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with animation
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tranquillo
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calmly
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con anima
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with feeling
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con brio
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with spirit
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con grazia
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with grace
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con forza
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with force
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dolce
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soft and sweet
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risoluto
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with resolution
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ben marcato
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well marked
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main droite M.D.
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right hand
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main gauche M.G.
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left hand
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une corda
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with the soft pedal (literally, with one string)
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tre corde
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release the soft pedal, (literally, with three strings)
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ad libitum
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at pleasure, quite freely
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8va
an octave higher
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loco
at the normal pitch (generally after playing an octave higher)
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opus
a work or group of works
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M.M.
Maelzal's metronome
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What is the range of soprano
12 notes middle C up to G an octave above
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What is the range of alto
11 notes G below middle C up to C above middle C
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What is the range of tenor
12 notes C below middle C up to G above middle C
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What is the range of bass
12 notes low F up to middle C
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what voice should the tonic be sung in for a cadence?
bass
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What is the tone/semitone sequence for a major scale?
ttsttts
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What is the tone/semitone sequence for a minor scale?
t s t t s t+s s
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what are the three primary triads?
Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant
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what is key signature for C Maj?
No sharps or flats
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what is the key signature for G maj?
F sharp
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what is the key signature for d maj?
F sharp, C Sharp
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what is the key signature for a maj?
F sharp, C Sharp, G sharp
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what is the key signature for e maj?
F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, D sharp
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what is the relative minor to c maj
a minor
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what is the relative minor to g maj?
e minor
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what is the relative minor to d major?
b minor
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what is the relative minor to a major
f sharp minor
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what is the relative minor to e major?
c sharp minro
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what is the key signature for f major?
b flat
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what is the key signature for b-flat major?
b flat, e flat
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what is the key signature for e-flat major?
b flat, e flat, a flat
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what is the key signature for a-flat major?
b flat, e flat, a flat, d flat
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what is the key signature for d-flat major?
b flat, e flat, a flat, d flat, g flat
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what is the relative minor to f major?
d minor
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what is the relative minor to b-flat major?
g minor
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what is the relative minor to e-flat major
c minor
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what is the relative minor to a-flat major?
f minor
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what is the relative minor to d-flat major?
b-flat minor
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what scale degree is the tonic?
1
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what scale degree is the supertonic?
2
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what scale degree is the mediant
3
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what scale degree is the subdominant?
4
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what scale degree is the dominant/
5
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what scale degree is the submediant?
6
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what scale degree is the leading-note?
7
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what is 2/4
simple duple
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what is 2/2
simple duple
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what is compound duple
6/8
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what is simple triple
3/4
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what is 3/2
simple triple
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what is 9/8
compound triple
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what is 12/8
compound quadruple
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what is 4/4
simple quadruple
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what is a duplet?
two notes in the time of three of the same value. It is used only in compound time (the reverse of the triplet which is used only in simple time).
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how many semiquavers are there in a dotted quaver rest?
3
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what is alla breve time?
2/2 of cut common time
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what is rondo form?
ABACA
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what is ternary form?
ABA
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what is binary form?
AB
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what is a sequence?
when the same melody is repeated, directly following the original. It is transposed up or down, but the intervals are the same.
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Perdendosi
Fading away
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Smorzando
Dying away
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rinforzando
reinforcing the tone
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Pesante
heavily
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Chromatic semitone
One in which both notes making the semitone have the same letter name (c-c sharp and a flat -a)
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Diatonic Semitone
Both notes making the semitone have different letter names. (C-D flat) and (G sharp - A)
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What do inverted augmented intervals become?
diminished intervals
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What do inverted diminished intervals become
augmented
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What do inverted major intervals become
minor
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What do inverted minor intervals become
major
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What do inverted perfect intervals become
they remain perfect.
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How do find the number of an inverted interval?
Subtract the number of the interval being inverted from 9.
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Describe the interval between the sixth and seventh degrees of a harmonic minor scale
augmented second.
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Arco
played with the bow
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pizzicato (pizz.)
plucked with the fingers
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tremolo
bowing back and forth very rapidly to produce a shimmery or wavering effect
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sul ponticello
playing with the bow on or near the bridge
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sul tasto
playing with the bow on or near the finger board.
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Cantando
in a singing style
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tenuto
held
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piacevole
pleasant, agreeable
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portamento (in singing or string playing)
a smooth gliding from one note to another.
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dolente
sadly, plaintive
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doloroso
sadly, plaintive
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sotto voce
softly in a an undertone
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giocoso
gay merry
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grazioso
gracefully
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assai
very
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quasi
as if, as it were.
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scherzando
playfully
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subito
suddenly
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non troppo
not too much.
