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Arpeggio

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Harp like- a chord with the notes spread out in time

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Altissimo

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Very high

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Acciaccatura

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An extra, very fast grace note

3
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Appoggiatura

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A type of ornament

4
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Basso continuo

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Continuous bass accompaniment

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A bocca chiusa

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Wordless humming in a choral piece

Translates to mouth closed

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Chiuso

A

Calls for a horn to be muted by hand

Translates to closed

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Coll’arco

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Cancels col legnk and pizzicato

Translates to with the bow

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Colla voce

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A note to accompanists to play with (in time with) the singer, especially when slowing for textual effect
Translates to with the voice

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Col legno

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Translates to with the wood

Calls for bowed instrument to be struck with the wood rather than the hair of the bow

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Coloratura

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Translates to coloration

Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal line

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Glissando

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Translates to glide

A sweeping glide from one pitch to another

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Legato

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Translates to tied together

A series of notes played with a smooth connection between them

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Con sordino

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With mute

Calls for mute to be applied, esp. To string instruments

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Senza sordino

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Without mute

Calls for mute to be removed

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Pizzicato

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Plucked

Calls for bowed instrument to be plucked with the fingers

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Portamento

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Carrying

A sliding pitch between 2 notes

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Portato

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Carried

A style of playing between staccato and legato

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Coperti

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Covered

Of a drum, muted with a cloth

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Una corda

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One string

With the soft pedal, on a piano

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Due corde

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Two strings

With the soft pedal, on a piano

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Tre corde or tutte le corde

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Three strings or all the strings

Cancels and Una corda

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Spiccato

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Separated

Playing a string instrument by bouncing the now lightly on the strings

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Tutti

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All

A direction for the entire ensemble to play or sing, rather than a soloist

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Staccatissimo

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Very detached

Forcefully exaggerated staccato

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Staccato

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Detached

A form of musical articulation in which notes are distinct and separated from each other by short gaps

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Scordatura

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Mistuning
Alternate tuning (of strings)
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Vibrato

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Vibrating

A rapid repetitive variation in the pitch of a tone

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Divisi

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When a group of string instruments such as violin 1s are required to divide into two groups and play different notes

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Arpa

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Harp