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 * MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY || 100 terms for both quizzes in January & May ||  ||   ||
 * A TEMPO || the original tempo ||
 * ACCELERANDO: || gradually increase in speed ||
 * ACCENT: || to place emphasis on a note ||
 * ACCIDENTAL: || a sharp, flat or natural sign which raises or lowers pitch one half step ||
 * AGITATO: || agitated ||
 * ALLA BREVE: || cut time 2/2 ||
 * ALLARGANDO: || to slow down and stretch ||
 * ALLEGRETTO: || a lively tempo, faster than andante, yet slower than allegro ||
 * ALLEGRO: || a lively, quick tempo ||
 * ANDANTE: || a walking tempo ||
 * ARPEGGIO: || a broken chord--notes of chord played separately ||
 * ARTICULATION: || the clear and distinct pronunciation of a pitch--nature of initial attack of pitch ||
 * BAR LINE: || a line that begins and ends a measure ||
 * BEAT: || a unit of musical rhythm and pulse ||
 * BRASS: || Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Tuba ||
 * CANTABILE: || in a singing style ||
 * CHORD: || 3 or more notes played simultaneously ||
 * CODA: || an ending added (tail) to the end of a piece ||
 * COMMON TIME: || 4 beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat ||
 * CON || with ||
 * CON MOTO: || with motion ||
 * CONDUCTOR: || one who rehearses and leads the ensemble during performance ||
 * CRESC. e DIM.: || increase in volume, then decrease ||
 * CRESC. POCO A POCO: || increase volume little by little ||
 * CRESCENDO: || gradually increase in volume ||
 * CUT TIME: || another name for alla breve ||
 * D.C. al CODA: || go back to the beginning, play the coda section at the coda sign ||
 * D.S. al CODA: || go back to the sign, then play the coda section at the coda sign ||
 * DA CAPO: || the beginning ||
 * DECRESCENDO: || gradually decrease in volume ||
 * DEL SEGNO: || the sign ||
 * DIMINUENDO: || decrease in volume ||
 * DIVISI: || divided ||
 * DOLCE: || sweetly ||
 * ENHARMONIC: || sounds the same, written differently ||
 * ESPRESSIVO: || with expression ||
 * FERMATA: || a hold or pause ||
 * FIRST ENDING: || the final measure(s) of a section before it is repeated ||
 * FORTE PIANO: || a strong attack, then immediately soft ||
 * FORTE: || loud ||
 * FORTISSIMO: || very loud ||
 * G.P.: || grand pause--the entire ensemble is silent ||
 * HARMONY: || the chordal structure of a piece ||
 * INTERVAL: || the vertical distance between two pitches ||
 * INTONATION: || accuracy of playing/singing in tune ||
 * KEY SIGNATURE: || the sign that tells you what key you are in ||
 * LARGO: || slow tempo ||
 * LEGATO: || smooth and connected ||
 * LEGGIERE: || play lightly, often with spiccato articulation ||
 * LEGER LINES: || lines which extend the staff higher or lower ||
 * LENTO: || very slow tempo ||
 * MAESTOSO: || majestically ||
 * MAJESTIC: || regal, slow and steady ||
 * MARCATO: || marked ||
 * MARCH: || a style of literature most often associated with the military, usually in 2/4 or 6/8 ||
 * MEASURE: || the space between two bar lines ||
 * MELODY: || a succession of tones that have rhythm, pitch and direction ||
 * MENO MOSSO: || less motion ||
 * METER: || a fixed pattern of beats ||
 * MEZZO FORTE: || medium loud ||
 * MEZZO PIANO: || medium soft ||
 * MODERATO: || moderately fast tempo ||
 * MOLTO ESPRESSIVO: || with much expression ||
 * MOLTO RIT.: || greatly slowing ||
 * MOLTO: || much ||
 * NON TROPPO || not too much ||
 * NOTE: || a tone of definite pitch and duration ||
 * PERCUSSION: || Snare, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Timpani, and Mallets ||
 * PHRASE: || a musical sentence ||
 * PIANISSIMO: || very soft ||
 * PIANO: || soft ||
 * PIU MOSSO: || more motion ||
 * POCO A POCO: || little by little ||
 * POCO ACCEL.: || to increase tempo slightly ||
 * PRACTICE: || working individually to develop and improve skill ||
 * RALLENTANDO: || gradually slowing ||
 * REPEAT SIGN: || tells you to replay the same passage ||
 * RHYTHM: || an arrangement of successive short and long sounds according to the beat ||
 * RITARD: || to gradually slow down ||
 * SECOND ENDING: || measure(s) connecting a repeated section to the next section, and often is the final ending ||
 * SENZA: || without ||
 * sfzp: || sforzando-piano--hard attack, then suddenly soft ||
 * SILENCE: || the absence of sound ||
 * SOLI: || the entire section playing together ||
 * SOLO: || one instrument performing alone ||
 * SORDINO: || muted ||
 * SOSTENUTO: || sustained ||
 * SPICCATO || short and detached--bow lifts off string between notes ||
 * STACCATO: || short and detached ||
 * STAFF: || a series of 5 lines and 4 spaces on which music is written ||
 * STRINGENDO: || a tightening and increasing of musical tension by hurrying the tempo ||
 * STRINGS: || violin, viola, violoncello, string bass, harp ||
 * SUBITO || suddenly ||
 * SYNCOPATION: || accents on the weak beats of the measure ||
 * TEMPO: || speed of the pulse/beat ||
 * TEMPO PRIMO: || the first tempo ||
 * TENUTO: || to lengthen a pitch ||
 * TUTTI: || all performers playing at the same time ||
 * VIVACE: || very lively and very fast ||
 * WOODWINDS: || Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone ||


 * MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY ||  ||
 * A TEMPO || the original tempo ||
 * ACCELERANDO: || gradually increase in speed ||
 * ALLARGANDO: || to slow down and stretch ||
 * ALLEGRETTO: || a lively tempo, faster than andante, yet slower than allegro ||
 * ALLEGRO: || a lively, quick tempo ||
 * ANDANTE: || a walking tempo ||
 * CON MOTO: || with motion ||
 * LARGO: || slow tempo ||
 * LENTO: || very slow tempo ||
 * MENO MOSSO: || less motion ||
 * MODERATO: || moderately fast tempo ||
 * MOLTO: || much ||
 * MOLTO RITARDANDO: || greatly slowing ||
 * NON TROPPO || not too much ||
 * PIU MOSSO: || more motion ||
 * POCO A POCO: || little by little ||
 * POCO ACCELERANDO: || to increase tempo slightly ||
 * RALLENTANDO: || gradually slowing ||
 * RITARD: || to gradually slow down ||
 * STRINGENDO: || a tightening and increasing of musical tension by hurrying the tempo ||
 * TEMPO: || speed of the pulse/beat ||
 * TEMPO PRIMO: || the first tempo ||
 * VIVACE: || very lively and very fast ||
 * AGITATO: || agitated ||
 * CANTABILE: || in a singing style ||
 * DOLCE: || sweetly ||
 * ESPRESSIVO: || with expression ||
 * MAESTOSO: || majestically ||
 * MAJESTIC: || regal, slow and steady ||
 * MOLTO ESPRESSIVO: || with much expression ||
 * SOSTENUTO: || sustained ||
 * SUBITO || suddenly ||
 * ALLA BREVE: || cut time 2/2 ||
 * CODA: || an ending added (tail) to the end of a piece ||
 * COMMON TIME: || 4 beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat ||
 * CUT TIME: || another name for alla breve ||
 * D.C. al CODA: || go back to the beginning, play the coda section at the coda sign ||
 * D.S. al CODA: || go back to the sign, then play the coda section at the coda sign ||
 * DA CAPO: || the beginning ||
 * DEL SEGNO: || the sign ||
 * FIRST ENDING: || the final measure(s) of a section before it is repeated ||
 * REPEAT SIGN: || tells you to replay the same passage ||
 * SECOND ENDING: || measure(s) connecting a repeated section to the next section, and often is the final ending ||
 * ACCIDENTAL: || a sharp, flat or natural sign which raises or lowers pitch one half step ||
 * ARPEGGIO: || a broken chord--notes of chord played separately ||
 * BAR LINE: || a line that begins and ends a measure ||
 * BEAT: || a unit of musical rhythm and pulse ||
 * CHORD: || 3 or more notes played simultaneously ||
 * ENHARMONIC: || sounds the same, written differently ||
 * FERMATA: || a hold or pause ||
 * G.P.: || grand pause--the entire ensemble is silent ||
 * HARMONY: || the chordal structure of a piece ||
 * INTERVAL: || the vertical distance between two pitches ||
 * INTONATION: || accuracy of playing/singing in tune ||
 * KEY SIGNATURE: || the sign that tells you what key you are in ||
 * LEGER LINES: || lines which extend the staff higher or lower ||
 * MARCH: || a style of literature most often associated with the military, usually in 2/4 or 6/8 ||
 * MEASURE: || the space between two bar lines ||
 * MELODY: || a succession of tones that have rhythm, pitch and direction ||
 * METER: || a fixed pattern of beats ||
 * NOTE: || a tone of definite pitch and duration ||
 * PHRASE: || a musical sentence ||
 * RHYTHM: || an arrangement of successive short and long sounds according to the beat ||
 * SILENCE: || the absence of sound ||
 * STAFF: || a series of 5 lines and 4 spaces on which music is written ||
 * SYNCOPATION: || accents on the weak beats of the measure ||
 * CRESC. e DIM.: || increase in volume, then decrease ||
 * CRESC. POCO A POCO: || increase volume little by little ||
 * CRESCENDO: || gradually increase in volume ||
 * DECRESCENDO: || gradually decrease in volume ||
 * DIMINUENDO: || decrease in volume ||
 * FORTE PIANO: || a strong attack, then immediately soft ||
 * FORTE: || loud ||
 * FORTISSIMO: || very loud ||
 * MEZZO FORTE: || medium loud ||
 * MEZZO PIANO: || medium soft ||
 * PIANISSIMO: || very soft ||
 * PIANO: || soft ||
 * ACCENT: || to place emphasis on a note ||
 * ARTICULATION: || the clear and distinct pronunciation of a pitch--nature of initial attack of pitch ||
 * LEGATO: || smooth and connected ||
 * LEGGIERE: || play lightly, often with spiccato articulation ||
 * MARCATO: || marked ||
 * SPICCATO || short and detached--bow lifts off string between notes ||
 * STACCATO: || short and detached ||
 * TENUTO: || to lengthen a pitch ||
 * sfzp: || sforzando-piano--hard attack, then suddenly soft ||
 * CON || with ||
 * DIVISI: || divided ||
 * SENZA: || without ||
 * SOLI: || the entire section playing together ||
 * SOLO: || one instrument performing alone ||
 * SORDINO: || muted ||
 * TUTTI: || all performers playing at the same time ||
 * BRASS: || Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Tuba ||
 * CONDUCTOR: || one who rehearses and leads the ensemble during performance ||
 * PERCUSSION: || Snare, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Timpani, and Mallets ||
 * PRACTICE: || working individually to develop and improve skill ||
 * STRINGS: || violin, viola, violoncello, string bass, harp ||
 * WOODWINDS: || Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone ||
 * BRASS: || Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone, Tuba ||
 * CONDUCTOR: || one who rehearses and leads the ensemble during performance ||
 * PERCUSSION: || Snare, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Timpani, and Mallets ||
 * PRACTICE: || working individually to develop and improve skill ||
 * STRINGS: || violin, viola, violoncello, string bass, harp ||
 * WOODWINDS: || Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone ||
 * WOODWINDS: || Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone ||