Orchetra Vocabulary Flashcards
Articulation
direction in music that tells the musician how to play a note or notes
Matele
“hammered” in French-creates detached, strongly accented notes using generous and rapid bow strokes
Sordino
a mute
Intonation
singing or playing a note in the center of the pitch
Morendo
dying away: with a gradual softening of tone and slowing of movement-used as a direction in music
Trill
a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alteration between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart
Tremelo
the rapid reiteration of a musical tone or of alternating tones produce a tremolous effect
Whole Step
the space inbetween two notes that re equal to two half steps
Key Signature
a collection of sharps and flats placed next ot the clef indicating what key the song is
Marcato
a note, chord, or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully then thr surrounfing music
Major
a scale ub which the third scale degree (the medient) is a major third above the tonic note
Minor
the third degree is a minor third above the tonic
Phrasing
the way a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a passage of music to allow expression
Natural
a mark in music that cancels all sharps and flats
Octave
an interval whose higher note has sound-wave frequency of vibration twice that of its lower note
