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1
Q

Basso continuo

A

Bass line

Harpsichord and cello

2
Q

Ripieno

A

Big group in concerto grosso

3
Q

Concerto

A

Solo instrument and orchestra

4
Q

Impressionist

A

20th century

Music based on paintings

5
Q

Exposition

A

1st movement in sonata form

6
Q

Subject

A

The theme

7
Q

Ritornello

A

Bit of music that keeps coming back

8
Q

Coloratura

A

High decorative singing

9
Q

Interrupted cadence

A

Ends on chord 6

10
Q

Passacaglia

A

Variations over a ground bass

11
Q

Mode

A

Early scales

12
Q

Inverted pedal

A

Sustained/repeated note in an upper part

13
Q

Con sordino

A

Muted (trumpet)

14
Q

Chamber music

A

Small group of instruments (string quartet)

15
Q

Sonata form

A

Exposition
Development
Recapitulation

16
Q

Music concrete

A

Music based on natural sounds (cash register at the start of money)

17
Q

Time changes

A

Music changes time signature

18
Q

Da capo aria

A

Song from an opera (ABA)

19
Q

Glissando

A

Sliding from one note to another

20
Q

Atonal

A

No key

21
Q

3 against 2

A

Triplets against quavers

22
Q

Adagio

A

Slow

23
Q

Arco

A

Playing with bow

24
Q

Countermelody

A

Melody that goes along with the main tune

25
Q

Modulation

A

Change of key

26
Q

Plainchant

A

Monks, Renaissance, religious

27
Q

Tierce de picardie

A

Minor all the way but ends on a major chord

28
Q

Timbre

A

The instruments

29
Q

Pianissimo (pp)

A

Really quiet

30
Q

Piano (p)

A

Quiet

31
Q

Mezzo Piano (MP)

A

Quite quiet

32
Q

Mezzo forte (mf)

A

Quite loud

33
Q

Forte (f)

A

Loud

34
Q

Fortissimo (ff)

A

Very loud

35
Q

Crescendo (

A

Getting louder

36
Q

Diminuendo (>)

A

Getting quieter