Music Theory & Styles

Alexis W.
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  1. acciaccatura
    an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
  2. adagio
    slowly
  3. allargando
    gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner
  4. appoggiatura
    an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
  5. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  6. embouchure
    the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
  7. fortissimo
    to be played very loudly
  8. larghetto
    (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
  9. lento
    in music
  10. moderato
    not too fast or too slow
  11. pianissimo
    a direction in music; to be played very softly
  12. presto
    at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)
  13. sonata
    a musical composition of movements of contrasting forms
  14. sonatina
    a short and simple sonata
  15. toccata
    a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
  16. augmented
    added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
  17. diminished
    made to seem smaller or less, especially in worth
  18. key signature
    the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
  19. Mozart
    prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy
  20. chorus
    actors who comment on the action in a classical Greek play
  21. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  22. decrescendo
    a gradual decrease in loudness
  23. diminuendo
    a gradual decrease in loudness
  24. fortissimo
    to be played very loudly
  25. pianissimo
    a direction in music; to be played very softly
  26. staccato
    (music) separating the notes
  27. adagio
    slowly
  28. fermata
    a pause or hold on a musical note or rest
  29. largo
    slowly and broadly
  30. legato
    connecting the notes
  31. mezzo
    a singer with the second highest singing voice
  32. ritenuto
    gradually decreasing in tempo
  33. accelerando
    with increasing speed
  34. mezzo
    a singer with the second highest singing voice
  35. backbeat
    a loud steady beat
  36. downbeat
    the first beat of a musical measure
  37. syncopation
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
  38. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
  39. requiem
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  40. diatonic
    based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
  41. tonal
    having tonality
  42. chromatic
    being, having, or characterized by color
  43. aria
    an elaborate song for solo voice
  44. recitative
    a song delivered with natural rhythms of speech
  45. rubato
    a flexible tempo, not strictly on the beat
  46. bel canto
    a style of opera singing emphasizing pure tone and vocal agility
  47. cadenza
    a solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
Created on Mon Dec 17 07:38:15 EST 2012 (updated Mon Dec 17 08:03:21 EST 2012)

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