Music

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  1. 1. -In music, a bar is a subsection of time that’s defined by a time signature. For example, a 4/4 time signature assigns four quarter notes to each bar.
  2. 4. -A sharp musical note is a semitone higher in intonation than the same natural note.
  3. 5. -music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  4. 6. -A coda is a symbol used in sheet music to denote where the final passage of a piece begins. A piece will include a “da coda” instruction to tell the orchestra when to proceed to the beginning of the final passage.
  5. 8. -A time of music
  6. 9. -1811–96, French composer
  7. 12. -1732–1809, Austrian composer.
  8. 13. -A crescendo is a gradual increase in dynamic volume during a section of music.
  9. 15. -Vivace means lively or vivacious in Italian. Typically this instruction suggests a fast tempo, louder dynamic, and bright playing.
  10. 19. -1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia.
  11. 20. - People can sing it
  12. 21. -1803–69, French composer.
  13. 22. -a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate
  14. 26. -Tempo is the pace or speed at which a piece of music is played. Usually, the tempo will define the length and duration of a quarter note.
  15. 28. -Andante is used to describe a moderately slow tempo. It’s Italian meaning “to-go about” suggests a walking pace to be used in a piece of music.
  16. 31. -any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way.
  17. 33. -A cadenza is a moment in a musical piece where an instrumentalist or singer is given the opportunity to play a solo freely and with artistic license to go outside of a rigid tempo or rhythm.
  18. 34. -a song, originating with African Americans, that is marked by the frequent occurrence of blue notes, and that takes the basic form, customarily improvised upon in performance, of a 12-bar chorus consisting of a 3-line stanza with the second line repeating the first.
  19. 35. -In music legato means to connect each note smoothly without much articulation between notes.
  20. 37. -1797–1848, Italian operatic composer.
  21. 38. -a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body
  22. 40. -Scherzo refers to a short orchestral piece of music.
  23. 41. -canons in music are when a melody is played by one instrument or group of instruments, and then repeated a certain number of bars later by another instrument to overlap the initial melody.
  24. 42. -the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments
  25. 43. -1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
  26. 44. -An arpeggio is when a chord of notes is broken and played in sequence. For example, a C major arpeggio would be played C-E-G-C.
  27. 46. -an American singer
  28. 47. tone -A quarter tone is a musical interval that is half the value of a semitone and a quarter of the value of a whole tone.
  29. 49. -the person who tells how to do
  30. 51. -1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
  31. 53. -a note is upon another note
  32. 55. -1797–1828, Austrian composer.
  33. 57. -Allegro means cheerful in Italian. In music, it means the music should be played at an upbeat and bright tempo.
  34. 58. -conforming to ancient Greek and Roman models in literature or art, or to later systems modeled upon them.
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  1. 2. -Adagio means slowly in Italian. In music, it signifies that a piece should be played a slower tempo or speed.
  2. 3. -A cadence is a sequence of chords used to signify the end of a phrase.
  3. 4. -1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
  4. 7. -The opposite of a crescendo, a diminuendo is a decrease in dynamic volume during a section of music.
  5. 10. -1813–83, German composer.
  6. 11. -explosive sound
  7. 14. - 1770–1827, German composer
  8. 16. -The line on the bottom
  9. 17. -In music, flat refers to the relative tonal quality of a note. A flat note is one half-step below the same natural note in pitch.
  10. 18. -Forte is a term used to describe a louder dynamic. Forte should be louder than mezzo-forte but quieter than fortissimo.
  11. 23. -1756–91, Austrian composer
  12. 24. -1678–1741, Italian violinist and composer
  13. 25. -Vibrato is an effect where the pitch of a note is subtly moved up and down to create a vibrating effect.
  14. 27. -1862–1918, French composer.
  15. 29. -a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
  16. 30. -Leggero means light in Italian. In sheet music leggero means to play lightly, usually at a quicker pace and in a light-hearted manner.
  17. 32. -A rondo is a type of orchestral form or song structure. It usually consists of multiple repeating sections.
  18. 36. -play it in 30 second
  19. 39. -the forms and treatments in art used during this period.
  20. 45. -an instrument with key
  21. 48. - Father of Music
  22. 50. -Trill is an instruction to sustain rapid alternation between two different pitches.
  23. 52. -An accent is when a specific note or phrase is emphasized with an increase in intensity above other non-accented notes.
  24. 54. -an instrument with string
  25. 56. -1833–97, German composer.
  26. 57. -Alto is a range of pitches normally assigned to a singer in a choir. The alto range of pitches is below Soprano but higher than the Tenor range.