Unit 4 Terms

Question 0

A Due

Answer 0

Two Together

Question 1

A Capella

Answer 1

Unaccompanied Voices

Question 2

Al Fine

Answer 2

To the end

Question 3

Am steg

Bridge

Answer 3

On the bridge

Question 4

Anacrusis

Answer 4

One or more unstressed notes before the first bar line of a piece or passage

Question 5

Aperto

Open

Answer 5

Open, referring to open notes or open pipes

Question 6

Appogiatura

Answer 6

A grace note performed before a note of the melody and falling on the beat

Question 7

Arco

Archery

Answer 7

The bow, or use the bow

Question 8

Attaca

Continue_______

Answer 8

Continue without pause

Question 9

Barcarolle

To—– or St——–

Answer 9

Tottering, Staggering

Question 10

Battuta

Answer 10

Measure, Bar

Beat, especially accented first beat of measure

Question 11

Bemolle

Not Sharp

Answer 11

Flat

Question 12

Berceuse

What songs can put you to sleep?

Answer 12

Lullaby

Question 13

Breve

Answer 13

Two whole notes

Question 14

Cadenza

Answer 14

A brilliant often florid solo, usually at the end of a movement or piece

Question 15

Caesura

Answer 15

Pause

Question 16

Chiuso

Cl—-

Answer 16

Closed

Question 17

Coda

Answer 17

End, Concluding passage

Question 18

Col Legno

Answer 18

Playing with the wood of the bow

Question 19

Colla Parte

Answer 19

Follow the soloist part, especially with the regard of the tempo

Question 20

Come Prima

Like — —– time

Answer 20

Like the first time

Question 21

Coperto

Answer 21

Covered, muted

Question 22

Court

Answer 22

Short, brief, concise

Question 23

Cuivre

Answer 23

Produce a forced brassy tone

Question 24

Da Capo

Answer 24

From the beginning

Question 25

Dal segno

Answer 25

From the sign

Question 26

Dampfer

Answer 26

Mute

Question 27

Diese, diesis

Answer 27

Sharp

Question 28

Divisi

Answer 28

Indicating separate parts when there is usually only one

Question 29

Doppio

Answer 29

Double, twofold, twice

Question 30

Dur

Answer 30

harsh or rough

Question 31

Einleiten **To ---------**

Answer 31

to introduce

Question 32

Enchainez

Answer 32

Connect, go on directly

Question 33

Etwas

Answer 33

Somewhat

Question 34

Fine

Answer 34

End

Question 35

Immer

Answer 35

Always, constantly in the same tempo

Question 36

Loco

Answer 36

Return to normal position

Question 37

Lunga

Answer 37

Long Sustained

Question 38

Moll

Answer 38

Minor

Question 39

Molto

Answer 39

Very Much

Question 40

Muta

Answer 40

indication for a change of tuning, in harps and timpanis

Question 41

Non troppo

Answer 41

Not too much

Question 42

Ohne

Answer 42

Without

Question 43

Opus

Answer 43

Work

Question 44

Ossia

Answer 44

Or, Or else, Indicating an alternate version

Question 45

Otez

Answer 45

Remove, stop using

Question 46

Pavillons en l'air

Answer 46

with bells raised

Question 47

Petit

Answer 47

Small, Soft

Question 48

Peu

Answer 48

Little, a little

Question 49

Pizzicato

Answer 49

Plucked

Question 50

Poco

Answer 50

Little, a bit

Question 51

Ponticello

Answer 51

Close to the bridge, producing a nasal, brittle tone.

Question 52

Quasi

Answer 52

Almost, as if

Question 53

Ripieno

Answer 53

In organs, a mixture stop | In concerto grosso, the full orchestra

Question 54

Sans

Answer 54

Without

Question 55

Scordatura

Answer 55

Deliberate change in tuning

Question 56

Sec, Secco

Answer 56

Plain, Simple

Question 57

Segue

Answer 57

Continue without pause

Question 58

Sehr

Answer 58

Very

Question 59

Sempre

Answer 59

Always, continually, throughout

Question 60

Senza

Answer 60

Without

Question 61

Simile

Answer 61

Similar in like manner

Question 62

Sordino, sourdine

Answer 62

Muted or Dampered

Question 63

Subito

Answer 63

Sudden

Question 64

Sul tasto, sur la touche

Answer 64

On the fingerboard

Question 65

Sur le chevalet

Answer 65

Over the Bridge

Question 66

Tacet

Answer 66

Be silent, where the marking to the instrument is omitted

Question 67

Takt

Answer 67

Measure, bar

Question 68

Ton bouche

Answer 68

Same as, with stopping

Question 69

Tutti

Answer 69

All, total

Question 70

V.S.

Answer 70

Turn the page quickly

Question 71

Vide

Answer 71

Open