piano exam revision Flashcards
(60 cards)
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p
A
piano - quiet
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f
A
forte - loud
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mp
A
mezzo piano - moderately soft
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mf
A
mezzo forte - moderately loud
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minim rest?
A
little top hat - 2 beats
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L.H/R.H
A
Notation moves hands between usual staves
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danse grotesque
A
ugly dance
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Q
poco rit
A
GRADUALLY slow down a little
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treble/bass clef swap
A
read notes as they would be in the ___ staff
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Q
leggiero
A
play with a light, delicate and graceful touch
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staccato
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little dot on top of note - make note sharp and detached (sounds shorter)
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tenuto
A
little line above note - SUSTAIN NOTE FOR FULL EXTENT OF ITS VALUE/take care to play the full value of the note - WILL MAKE IT SOUND SLIGHTLY FORCED
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#
A
sharp - raises pitch of note by a semitone
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♭
A
flat - lowers pitch of note by a semitone
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♮
A
natural - cancels out a sharp or flat from either preceding note or key signature
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.
A
extends value/duration of note by half its value
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dotted quaver rest
A
3/4 of a crotchet beat
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minim
A
2 beats
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dotted quaver and semiquaver joined
A
1 beat total
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semiquaver
A
1/4 crotchet beat
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crotchet
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1 beat
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quaver
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1/2 beat
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quaver rest
A
silence for duration of quaver (1/2 beat)
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crotchet rest
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rest w same duration as crotchet (1 beat)
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allegretto scherzando
moderately fast pace and playful manner
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<
crescendo - gradually louder over series of notes
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>
decrescendo - piece gets gradually softer
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> on top of note
accent - place strong emphasis when playing the note
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grottesco
ugly
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moto primo
revert to the speed of the original section
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ped and *
ped - press down on pedal, * - release pedal
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similie
play the section in a similar manner to previous sections - pedalling style
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legato
the notes within slur/that the slur encompasses to be played without separation - as smoothly as possible
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animato
lively, energetic manner
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dotted minim
3 beats
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dotted crotchet
1.5 beats
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fermata
pause - extend value of time of note beyond its natural duration - e.g. by one or two counts
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^ marcato/martellato
marcato/martellato - play note with sudden, marked emphasis - sort of hammering it so that it is louder + staccato
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^_
strong accent + full duration
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a tempo
resume regular speed of song (used after change of tempo)
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sff
SUDDENLY (subito) VERY LOUD (fortissimo)
sforzando SUBITO FORTISSIMO - very loud + accent
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fz
forzando/forzato - force the tone - forceful accent/emphasis
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sfz
sforzando - suddenly with force - force the tone - PLAY A NOTE WITH SUDDEN, FORCED/strong EMPHASIS (ACCENT)
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triplet
a group of three notes played in the same time as two notes/counts of the same value
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acciacatura/gracen ote
an extra note, usuallly printed smaller that is added as an embellishment - not essential to the harmony or melody,. IT is played as a very short note leading into the main melody note and is short as it occurs on the same beat as the main note
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vivace
lively - quick, upbeat
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fp
fortepiano - loud then immediately softly
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tie
connects two notes of same pitch and hold note for combined rhythmic value of two notes as if they were one
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study
a piece of music with emphasis on a select musical techinque/skill - purpose to explore and practice e.g. quaver work, expression, staccato. Usually written for a solo instrument and emerged in 19th C/baroque era
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sempre legato
keep playing/always legato
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allegretto
moderately fast
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poco a poco ritardando
little by little slow down
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repeat
signals to repeat the section from the beginning of the piece. if two signs repeat section in between dots and double bar lines
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dimin
diminuendo - gradually get softer
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sonatine
a smaller form of a sonata - which is a piece of music typically made up of 3-4 movements and composed for a solo instrument
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anacrusis
!a note or series of notes that comes before the first complete measure! of compositon! - INTRODUCTORY and OPTIONAL meausre that !doesn't hold beats expressed by the time signature! - !amount of beats ini anacrusis is taken out of the last measure of the piece to even out the difference!
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List A deets (Title, Time Signature, Key, Opus/No, Composer, Fingerer, Tempo)
Title: 30 Studies
Time Signature: 6/8 - compound duple - 2 dotted crotchet beats in each bar
Key: E minor (F#)
Opus 46 No 7
Composer: Stephen Heller
Fingerer: H. Scholtz
Tempo: Vivace 168bpm
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List B deets (Title, Time Signature, Key + Key change, Opus/No, Composer, Tempo)
Title: Sonatine
Time Signature: 2/4 - simple duple - 2 crotchet beats in each bar
Key: G major (F#) - change to A minor
Opus 36 No 2
Composer: Muzio Clementi
Tempo: Allegretto
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List C deets (Title, Time Signature, Key, Composer, Tempo)
Title: Witches in the Wind
Time Signature: 4/4 - common time - 4 crotchet beats in each bar
Key: C major
Composer: Ernest Harry Adams
Tempo: Allegretto Scherzando
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Opus/No
Op means opus which is the work of music that is numbered usually to indicate the approximate (chronological) order that it was written by the composer. Op. 46 is the 46th composition by Clementi. The No is a number added to the Opus number if there have been companion pieces created together. It identifies the piece within the composer's work / indicates the specific place of a given work within a music catalogue. So Op 46 No 7 is Clementi’s 46th work of which this is the seventh piece within it.
[chronological work of composer, number within that work???? - COMPLETE DEFINITION]
