Music Flashcards by lauren Dixon

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Alto

A

woman’s vocal range

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Adagio

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Slow speed for a song

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Andante

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Relaxed speed

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Appoggiatura

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Grace notes that take some of the following note’s duration

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Arpeggio

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Notes of a chord played individually

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Bass

A

Lowest male vocal range opposite of treble

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Bend

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Sliding a note up or down in jazz

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Cadenza

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Solo section of a song

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Canon

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Repeated and layered

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Coloratura

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Ornamentation of a vocal part

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Contralto

A

Lowest female vocal range

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Countertenor

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Highest male vocal range

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Dirge

A

A song expressing grief at funerals

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Falsetto

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Vocal range above the normal in men

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Fermata

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Marking to hold a note longer than usual

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Flat

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Note lowered by one tone

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Legato

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Smooth and connected

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Marcato

A

Every note accented

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Melisma

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Changing the note during one syllable

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Rondo

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A form of a song where the theme is alternated between other sections

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Rubato

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Flexible speed

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Semitones

A

Half step or the smallest interval between notes

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Soprano

A

Highest female vocal range

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Subito

A

Suddenly

Tacet

Silent

Tenor

High male vocal range

Tenuto

Holding a note slightly longer

Tessitura

Middle part of a note range

Treble

Tones of high frequency opposite of bass

Tutti

All

Enrico Caruso

Italian tenor opera singer

Aaron Copland

Composer of billy the kid

Claude Debussy

French impressionist composer

Gilbert and Sullivan

The pirates of penzance

Joseph Haydn

Father of symphony

Felix Mendelssohn

Italian symphony

Giacomo Puccini

La boheme

Henry Purcell

Baroque English composer

Franz Schubert

Lieder and symphonies

Richard Strauss

Salome

Igor Stravinsky

The firebird

Giuseppe Verdi

Rigoletto