Italian Terms (Grade 4) Flashcards
(32 cards)
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Tempo commodo
A
at a comfortable speed
2
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Tempo giusto
A
at a consistent speed
3
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Lā istesso tempo
A
at the same speed
4
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Non troppo
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not too much
5
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Grave
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slow and solemn
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Rumato
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with some freedom in the time
7
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Stringendo
A
pressing on faster
8
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Perdendosi
A
fading away
9
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Smorzando
A
dying away
10
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Rinforzando
A
reinforcing the tone
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Pesante
A
heavily
12
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Cantando
A
in a singing style
13
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Tenuto
A
held
14
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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 (as in singing or string playing)
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Dolente/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
A
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 polticello
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bow on or near the bridge
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Sul tasto
bow on or near the finger board
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Tremolo
bowing very rapidly to produce a shimmering or wavering effect
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Pizzicato
pluck the string with the finger
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Arco
with the bow (used after a pizz. sign)
29
Counterpoint
a compositional technique in which two or more independent melodies are combined
30
Cotrapuntal
the adjective used to describe music which combines two or more independent melodies (counterpoint)
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Chromatic
1. two notes a semitone apart with the same letter name
2. a series of 12 notes moving in semitones
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Diatonic
an interval or scale in which each note has a different letter name
