Terms

Question 0

Gradually growing faster

Answer 0

Accelerando (Accel.) or Stringendo (String.)

Question 1

Choral music generally without accompaniment; literally - in the style of the chapel

Answer 1

A cappella

Question 2

Emphasis or stress on one tone over others

Answer 2

Accent

Question 3

At pleasure; at will

Answer 3

Ad libitum (Ad lib.) or A placere

Question 4

Indicating 2/2 time or “cut time”; literally - on the breve (half note)

Answer 4

Alla Breve

Question 5

Growing broader, that is, louder and slower

Answer 5

Allargando

Question 6

Animated; excited; with life and spirit

Answer 6

Animato

Question 7

Return to the original tempo

Answer 7

A tempo

Question 8

Great technical skill, virtuosity

Answer 8

Bravura

Question 9

A break in the music

Answer 9

Caesura

Question 10

Any singing (lyric) style

Answer 10

Cantabile

Question 11

A section added at the end of a composition or passage as a conclusion

Answer 11

Coda

Question 12

A prefix meaning “with”

Answer 12

Con

Question 13

With animation

Answer 13

Con anima

Question 14

With force

Answer 14

Con forza

Question 15

With spirit, lively

Answer 15

Con spirito

Question 16

Increase in volume

Answer 16

Crescendo

Question 17

To return and perform from the beginning

Answer 17

Da capo (D.C.)

Question 18

To return and perform from the sign

Answer 18

Del segno (D.S.)

Question 19

Becoming softer

Answer 19

Decrescendo

Question 20

Gradually become softer

Answer 20

Diminuendo

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Pertaining to the notes of a major or minor scale

Answer 21

Diatonic

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A relation or state of tension between various tones

Answer 22

Dissonance

Question 23

To divide; as into parts

Answer 23

Divisi

Question 24

sweetly

Answer 24

Dolce

Question 25

lower the tone one full step

Answer 25

Double flat

Question 26

Raise the tone one full step

Answer 26

Double sharp

Question 27

The level (amplitude) or loudness of sound

Answer 27

Dynamics

Question 28

very soft

Answer 28

Pianissimo (pp)

Question 29

soft

Answer 29

Piano (p)

Question 30

medium soft

Answer 30

Mezzo piano (mp)

Question 31

medium loud

Answer 31

Mezzo forte (f)

Question 32

loud

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Forte (f)

Question 33

very loud

Answer 33

Fortissimo (ff)

Question 34

Meaning "and"

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e, et, ed

Question 35

A different spelling of the same pitch or chord

Answer 35

Enharmonic

Question 36

With expression, with feeling

Answer 36

Espressivo

Question 37

A sign that indicates the note or rest over which it is placed is to be prolonged

Answer 37

Fermata

Question 38

The end

Answer 38

Fine

Question 39

Forced, a strong accent

Answer 39

Forzando (fz)

Question 40

The distance or relation between two pitches

Answer 40

Interval

Question 41

A grouping of accidentals placed at the beginning of a composition or section to indicate key

Answer 41

Key signature

Question 42

No sharps

Answer 42

C Major

Question 43

1 sharp

Answer 43

G Major

Question 44

2 sharps

Answer 44

D major

Question 45

3 sharps

Answer 45

A major

Question 46

4 sharps

Answer 46

E major

Question 47

5 sharps

Answer 47

B major

Question 48

6 sharps

Answer 48

F# major

Question 49

7 sharps

Answer 49

C# major

Question 50

No flats

Answer 50

C major

Question 51

1 flat

Answer 51

F major

Question 52

2 flats

Answer 52

Bb major

Question 53

3 flats

Answer 53

Eb major

Question 54

4 flats

Answer 54

Ab major

Question 55

5 flats

Answer 55

Db major

Question 56

6 flats

Answer 56

Gb major

Question 57

7 flats

Answer 57

Cb major

Question 58

Smooth and connected

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Legato

Question 59

At the same tempo

Answer 59

L'istesso tempo

Question 60

Majestic, with dignity

Answer 60

Maestoso

Question 61

Marked, emphasized

Answer 61

Marcato

Question 62

Use of many notes on one syllable of text

Answer 62

Melisma

Question 63

A prefix meaning "less"

Answer 63

Meno

Question 64

Less motion

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Meno mosso

Question 65

A change of key within a composition

Answer 65

Modulation

Question 66

Much, very

Answer 66

Molto

Question 67

Dying away

Answer 67

Morendo

Question 68

Motion, movement

Answer 68

Mosso, moto

Question 69

Nothing

Answer 69

Niente

Question 70

Not

Answer 70

Non

Question 71

Melodic decoration

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Ornament

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Alternate version of a set of notes

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Ossia

Question 73

With fervent emotion or passion

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Passione

Question 74

A natural division of the melodic line with a cadence; comparable to a clause or sentence

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Phrase

Question 75

More

Answer 75

Piu

Question 76

Little by little

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Poco a poco

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As if, almost

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Quasi

Question 78

Becoming slower

Answer 78

Rallentando (Rall.)

Question 79

Becoming slower

Answer 79

Ritardando (Rit.)

Question 80

Free use of accelerando and ritardando within a measure without altering the duration of the measure as a whole

Answer 80

Rubato

Question 81

Without

Answer 81

Sans

Question 82

Playfully

Answer 82

Scherzando

Question 83

Always

Answer 83

Sempre

Question 84

Without

Answer 84

Senza

Question 85

Repetition of a set of notes at a different scale degree

Answer 85

Sequence

Question 86

Forced or accented

Answer 86

Sforzando or Sforzato (sf or sfz)

Question 87

In a similar manner

Answer 87

Simile

Question 88

Softly, with a subdued voice, literally "under the voice"

Answer 88

Sotto voce

Question 89

Detatched

Answer 89

Staccato

Question 90

Suddenly

Answer 90

Subito

Question 91

To be silent

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Tacet

Question 92

The pace at which a composition is to be performed; rate of speed

Answer 92

Tempo

Question 93

very, very slow

Answer 93

Grave

Question 94

very slow

Answer 94

Largo

Question 95

less slow than largo

Answer 95

Larghetto

Question 96

slow

Answer 96

Adagio

Question 97

moderately slow

Answer 97

Lento

Question 98

moderate; walking tempo

Answer 98

Andante

Question 99

less slow than andante

Answer 99

Andantino

Question 100

medium tempo

Answer 100

Moderato

Question 101

less fast than allegro

Answer 101

Allegretto

Question 102

fast

Answer 102

Allegro

Question 103

very fast and lively

Answer 103

Vivace, Vivo

Question 104

extremely fast

Answer 104

Presto

Question 105

as fast as possible

Answer 105

Prestissimo

Question 106

Hold or sustain

Answer 106

Tenuto

Question 107

The location of the majority of pitches in a composition or section

Answer 107

Tessitura

Question 108

Tone color

Answer 108

Timbre

Question 109

A symbol indicating the type of meter and the unit of beat

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Time Signature

Question 110

All notes in a scale related to one central tone

Answer 110

Tonality

Question 111

Tranquil, peaceful

Answer 111

Tranquillo

Question 112

All

Answer 112

Tutti

Question 113

Voices on the same pitch or mixed voices in octaves

Answer 113

Unison