Grade 4 Flashcards
(59 cards)
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Tempo Commodo
A
At a comfortable speed
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Tempo giusto
A
At a consistent speed
3
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L’istesso tempo
A
At the same speed
4
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Non troppo
A
Not too much
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Grave
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Slow and solemn
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Rubato
A
With some freedom in the time
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Stringendo
A
Pressing on faster
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Perdendosi
A
Fading away
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Smorzando
A
Dying away
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Rinforzando
A
Reinforcing the tone
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Pesante
A
Heavily
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Cantando
A
In a singing style
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Tenuto
A
Held
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Piacevole
A
Pleasant, agreeable
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Portamento
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A smooth gliding from one note to another
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Dolente
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Sadly, plaintively
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Doloroso
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Sadly, plaintively
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Sotto voce
A
Softly in an undertone
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Giocoso
A
Gay, merry
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Grazioso
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Gracefully
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Assai
A
Very
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Quasi
A
As if, as it were
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Scherzando
A
Playfully
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Subito
A
Suddenly
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Sul Ponticello
Bow on or near the bridge
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Sul tasto
Now on or near the fingerboard
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Tremolo
Bowing very rapidly
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Pizzicato
Pluck the string with the finger
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Arco
With the bow
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Imperfect cadences
I-V, ii-V, IV-V
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Syncopation
Is when the accent comes on an off beat
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Violin tuning
G-D-A-E
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Viola tuning
C-G-D-A
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Violoncello tuning
C-G-D-A
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Double Bass tuning
E-A-D-G
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Mordent
An M
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Lower mordent
An M with a vertical line through it
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Turn
An S on the side
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Inverted turn
An S
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Trill
A tr. followed by a squiggly line
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Acciaccatura
A grace note with a line through it
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Appoggiatura
Grace note
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Divisi
Stringed instruments playing in unison now play in harmony
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Parts of a stringed instrument
1. Bow
2. Tailpiece
3. Bridge
4. Finger Board
5. Turning pegs
6. Scroll
7. “F hole”
8. Sound Post
9. Strings
10. Adjuster
11. Mute
12. Heel (end of bow)
13. Tail-pin
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Chromatic semitone
Is a semitone containing two notes of the same name
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Diatonic semitone
Is a semitone containing two notes of different names
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Enharmonic change
Change of name but not sound
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Diatonic Scales
Are made up of tones and semitones
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Chromatic scales
Are made up of all semitones
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Consonant Intervals
Are pleasing to the ear. Also called “Concords” they are all perfect 4th, 5th, 8th, major and minor 3rd, 6th
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Dissonant intervals
Are not pleasing to the ear are also “discords”, they are will aug and dim intervals and major and minor 2cnd and 7th
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Order of dances
Allemande, Courante, minuet, Sarabande, Gavotte, Gigue (Anna Can Make Sandwiches Good Girl)
OR
Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue
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Allemande characteristics
-moderately fast
-simple quadruple
-short anacrusis using repeated semiquavers
-continuous movement, after the opening movement of a suite
-Binary form
-German
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French Courante characteristics
-fast
-simple triple
-varied rhythm, sometimes changing from 3/2 to 6/4 at the cadence point in each half (haemeola)
-Binary form
-French
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Italian Courante characteristics
-fast
-simple triple
-short anacrusis
-continuous movement (running)
-Binary form
-Italian
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Minuet characteristics
-moderate tempo
-simple triple
-no anacrusis
-graceful
-Binary form
-French
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Sarabande characteristics
-Slow
-Simple triple
-ornaments
-no anacrusis. Stately, often ornamented with 2cnd beat accented
-Binary form
-Spanish
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Gavotte characteristics
-moderately fast
-simple duple or quadruple
-half bar anacrusis (begin on beat 3)
-rhythmic, sprightly
-French
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Gigue
-Fast
-Compound duple (or 3/8)
-usually a short anacrusis
-often contrapuntal, usually the last movement of a suite
-Binary form
-English/ Scottish
