Terminology

Question 1

a tempo

Answer 1

return to the original tempo (the speed at which the piece began)

Question 2

accelerando

Answer 2

accelerate; gradually faster

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accidental

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a sharp, flat or natural written before a note

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adagio

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slowly

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allargando

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broadening; gradually slower

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allegro

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fast, quick, cheerfully, merrily

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allegretto

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slightly slower than Allegro; faster than Andante

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andante

Answer 8

walking tempo

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andantino

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slightly faster than andante

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animato

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animated; with spirit

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articulation

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the manner in which notes are executed, including, but not limited to, staccato and legato

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arpeggio

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notes of a chord played in succession (broken)

Question 13

cantabile

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in a singing style

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coda

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an extended ending

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codetta

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a coda at the end of an exposition

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con

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with

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con brio

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with vigor or spirit (with brilliance)

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con fuoco

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with fire or fury

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con moto

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with motion

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crescendo

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gradually louder

Question 21

D.C. al fine

Answer 21

go back to the beginning of the piece, and play until the word fine

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damper pedal

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the piano pedal located on the right, used for sustaining the notes

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decrescendo/diminuendo

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gradually softer

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dolce

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sweetly

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doloroso

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sadly; sorrowfully

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enharmonic

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two different names for the same pitch, e.g C# and Db

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espressivo

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expressively

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fine

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the end

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f

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forte: loud

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ff

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fortissimo: very loud

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fff

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fortississimo: very, very loud

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fp

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forte-piano: loud followed immediately by soft

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𝄐

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fermata: hold the note longer than its value

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giocoso

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merrily, with humor

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gracioso

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gracefully

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hemiola

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a shift of the rhythmic pulse from a division of 2 to a division of 3

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largo

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very slowly; "large"

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legato

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connected

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leggiero

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lightly, delicately

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lento

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slowly

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m.d.

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mano destra: use the right hand

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m.s.

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mano sinistra: use the left hand

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marcato

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stressed, marked

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meno

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less

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meno mosso

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less motion; slower

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mf

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mezzo forte: medium loud

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mp

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mezzo piano: medium soft

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moderato

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a moderate or medium tempo

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molto

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much; very

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Opus

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a word used to indicate the chronological order in which a composer's music was written

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Parallel Major/minor

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major and minor keys with the same letter names, e.g. C Major and c minor

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p

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piano: soft

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pp

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pianissimo: very soft

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ppp

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pianississimo: very, very soft

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pesante

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heavily

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Phrase

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a musical sentence, often four measures long

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piu

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more

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piu mosso

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more motion; faster

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poco

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little

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presto

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very fast

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rallentando

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gradually slower

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Relative Major and minor

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Major and minor keys which have the same key signature

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ritardando

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slow down gradually

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ritenuto

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immediately slower

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robusto

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robustly, boldly

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rubato

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"robbed time"; the practice of varying the rhythm of a phrase by slowing or rushing the music

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scherzando

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playfully, jokingly

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sempre

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always

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senza

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without

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sf, fz, sfz

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sforzando: A sudden, sharp accent

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smorzando

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dying away

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simile

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continue in the same style

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spiritoso

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spirited; with spirit

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sostenuto

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sustained

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sotto voce

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in a low voice

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staccato

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play crisply or detached

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subito

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suddenly at once

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syncopation

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a momentary contradiction of the meter

Question 79

tempo

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the speed at which to play the music

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tenuto

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hold the note for its full value; may also mean to play the note with a slight emphasis

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toccata

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a virtuoso piece common during the Baroque Period, written in free style with many scales and rapid passages

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tranquillo

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tranquilly, peacefully, calmly

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tre corde

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release the una corda pedal (soft pedal; left pedal)

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una corda

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press the left or soft pedal

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vivace

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quick, lively

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vivo

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brisk, lively