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Placing an accent on a usually un-accented
beat
Syncopation
Speed of a piece of music
Tempo
Very short, detached
Staccato
Smooth and connected
Legato
Moderated walking tempo
Andante
To sing unaccompanied
A cappella
Gradually speed up
Accelerando
Emphasis on one note or chord
Accent
Brass instrument using valves to produce sound
Trumpet
Accompanist
One who accompanies a solo or group
Slow tempo
Adagio
A tone which is 1/2 step higher than
written
Sharp
The bass size of the violin
Cello
Theatrical performance by
dancing
Ballet
Lines through the music to indicate
measure
Bar lines
A stringed instrument with a long neck and
a drum headBanjo
To indicate a group is to be divided
Divisi
A tone which is 1/2 step lower than written
Flat
To pronounce
Enunciation
Meter indicated at the beginning of a piece of
music
Time Signature
Final Movement
Finale
Bells having steel bars
Glockenspiel
Chordal structure of a song
Harmony
Stringed keyboard instrument where the strings are plucked
Harspichord
An instrumental piece played in the middle
of a song
Interlude
The distance in pitch between two tones
Interval
Singing or playing in tune
Intonation
The highest part of a choral composition
Treble Clef
The lowest part of a choral composition
Bass Clef
Sharps or flats appearing at the
beginning of a piece
Key signature
Very slow tempo
Largo
Short lines above and below the staff
Ledger lines
Five horizontal lines music is written on
Staff
The text of an opera
Libretto
Percussion instruments with
metal shakers
Tambourine
Italian love song usually sung a capella
Madrigal
Songs in a happy sounding mode
Major Key
Songs in a sad sounding mode
Minor Key
Instrument which chords are produced by strumming strings
Auto Harp
Portable music instrument with folding billows
Accordion
An African xylopone
using wooden plates
Marimba
The distance between two bar lines
Measure
A Succession of musical tones
Melody
Instrument having one or several reed
pipes
Bagpipe
An apparatus that sounds beats in a regular
sequence
Metronome
Half
Mezzo
A French country dance
Minuet
Change of key
Modulation
Very
Molto
Recitation of a text on an unchanged pitch
Monotone
An unaccompanied choral composition
based on a Latin text
Motet
Short pattern that reoccurs throughout
a composition
Motif
The different sections of a large piece of
music
Movement
A device for softening or muffling the tone
Mute
A note that is neither sharp or flat
Natural
Music for eight voices
Octet
A drama in which music is the essential
factor
Opera
Term used to indicate the chronological position of a song
Opus
A musical production with a religious theme
Oratorio
A large ensemble of instruments including
string instruments
Orchestra
A keyboard instrument operated
by using both the hands and feet
Organ
A phrase that is repeated throughout
a composition
Ostinato
Brass instrument using a slide to produce sound
Trombone
Instruments that are sounded by shaking or
striking
Percussion
A division of the musical line, like a
sentence
Phrase
Soft
Piano
Two Performers
Duet
Three performers
Trio
Four performers
Quartet
Five performers
Quintet
Six performers
Sextet
Location of a musical sound in the tonal
scale
Pitch
A piece played at the conclusion of a service
Postlude
A piece played prior to a service
Prelude
Very fast
Presto
A note receiving one beat
Quarter note
A note receiving two beats
Half note
A note receiving 4 counts
Whole note
A note receiving a half of a count
Eighth note
A thin piece of cane which is used to
vibrate and produce sound
Reed
Identical lines recurring at the end of a verse
Refrain
The period of music from 1825-1910
Romantic period
Repeat what is between the two signs with double bars
and two dots
Repeat
Repetition of a composition in a
smaller form
Reprise
The pulse of music
Rhythm
Gradually slowing in tempo
Ritardando
Performing a piece where different groups start at different times
Round
Flexible tempo
Rubato
Afro-Cuban dance style
Rumba
Tonal material of music arranged in an
order of rising and declining pitches
Scale
