music terms Flashcards
(151 cards)
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accelerando, accel.
A
gradually getting faster
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ad libitum, ad lib.
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at choice, freely
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adagio
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slow
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affettuoso
A
tenderly
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affrettando
A
hurrying
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agitato
A
agitated
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alla breve
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2 minim beats in a bar, 2/2
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alla marcia
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in the style of a march
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allargando
A
getting slower and louder
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amabile
A
amiable, pleasant
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amore
A
love
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allegretto
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rather lively
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allegro
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lively
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amoroso
A
loving
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andante
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at a walking pace
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appassionato
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passionately, slightly faster than andante
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assai
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very
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attacca
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begin next movement immediately
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calando
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dying away
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cantabile
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in a singing style
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dolce
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sweet, soft
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dolente
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sad, mournful
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dolore
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grief (doloroso: sorrowful)
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dolcissimo
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very sweetly
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doppio movimento
twice as fast
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giocoso
gay, lively
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giusto
strictly (tempo giusto: in strict time)
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grazioso
gracefully
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grave
very slow
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incalzando
getting faster
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lacrimoso, lagrimando, lagrimoso
lamenting, sad
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leggiero
light, nimble
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lunga
long (lunga pausa: long pause)
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largo
slow
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larghetto
rather slow
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lusingando
coaxing, in a sweet manner
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maestoso
majestic
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marcato, marc.
emphatic, accented
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marziale
in a military style
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morendo
dying away
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mezza, mezzo
half
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mezza voce
in an undertone
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molto
much
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ossia
or, alternatively
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perdendosi
dying away
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pesante
heavy
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piacevole
pleasant
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piangevole
plaintive, lamenting
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presto
lively (prestissimo: very lively)
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quasi
as if
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rinforzando, rf, rfz
reinforcing
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ritardando, ritard., rit.
getting slower
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ritenuto, riten., rit.
held back
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rallentando, rall.
getting slower
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rubato, tempo rubato
with some freedom of time
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scherzando, scherzoso
playful, joking
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semplice
simple
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sempre
always
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senza
without
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sforzando, sforzato, sfz, sf
accented
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sonoro
resonant, with rich tone
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simile, sim.
in a similar manner
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smorzando, smorz.
dying away
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sotto
below
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sotto voce
in an undertone
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stringendo
gradually getting faster
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subito
suddenly
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tanto
so much
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teneramente, tenerezza
tenderly, tenderness
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tenuto, ten.
held
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tosto
rapidly
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tristamente, trsite
sadly
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troppo
too much
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vivace, vivo
lively, fast
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volante
fast
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volta
time (prima volta: 1st time)
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cédez
yield, slow down
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en dehors
prominent
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très
very
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bewegt
agitated
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einfach
simple
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etwas
somewhat, rather
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frohlich
cheerful, joyful
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immer
always
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langsam
slow
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lebhaft
lively
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massig
at a walking pace
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mit
with
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ausdruck
expression (mit ausdruck: with expression)
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nicht
not
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schnell
fast
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sehr
very
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traurig
sad
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zart
tender, delicate
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zu
too
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ruhig
calmly
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süss
sweet
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sul ponticello
play near the bridge
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a tempo
in time
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grazioso
graceful
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poco rall.
getting a little slower
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deciso
with determination
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doloroso
sorrowful
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lebhaft
lively
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con sordini
with mutes
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senza sordini
without mutes
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alla misura
in strict time
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più
more
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adagietto
rather slow
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con, col
with
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a
at, by, for, to, in the style of
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e, ed
and
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arco
play with the bow
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pizzicato, pizz.
pluck the strings
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mano destra, md
right hand
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mano sinistra, ms
left hand
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con pedale
with pedal
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senza pedale
without pedal
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una corda
press left pedal
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tre corda
release left pedal
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arpeggiation
spread notes of the chord quickly starting from bottom
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taurig
sad
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a2
both players play single part in unison
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flutter tongue
only play 1 note at a time
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tremolo
percussion: drum roll, play the same note rapidly
strings: quiver bow rapidly
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rasch
in a spirited, soft manner
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assai
very
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div.
divide into 2 or more groups
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ossia
an alternative version to a passage
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colla parte
follow the soloist
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sul A
play on A string
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tremolo
rapid repetition of a note
or
rapid alternation between 2 notes
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larghetto
rather slow
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attacca subito
begin next movement without pause
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mässig
at a walking pace
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sul tasto
bow kept over fingerboard to produce a soft thin tone
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tremolo (on F# and A double stop, violas)
1st violas play A while 2nd violas play F# in demisemiquavers for one minim beat
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Tutti (violins)
violins play together after a solo passage
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arco (violins)
use the bow after a pizzicato passage
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ziemlich langsam
quite slow
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a2
both players play single part in unison
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div. (violins)
violins section is divided into two parts, with half of the violin players playing top note, while other half plays bottom note
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Tutti
violins play together after a solo passage
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arco
use the bow after a pizzicato passage
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sul tasto
play bow on fingerboard instead of bridge
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sul ponticello
play very close to the bridge
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col legno
play with the wooden part of the bow
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1. (flutes)
first player only
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gedämpft = mit Dämpfer
with mutes
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Muta G in D
change tuning from G to D
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trill (timpani)
roll: rapidly alternate mallets on the same __ note for __ bars
