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  1. 1. An accidental note means that a particular note is played sharper or flatter than regular key signature of the piece. When an accidental note is written in Music, it only refers to the bar where it occurs and not to any subsequent bars. If you wish to make the note accidental again it music be repeated in subsequent bars.
  2. 4. The word acoustic is used when distinguishing between an electric or electronic instrument and a non-electric instrument – e.g., An acoustic guitar as compared to an electric guitar.
  3. 5. The word acoustics relates to sound. It can be used to discuss both the science of acoustics (the physics of sound), or the acoustics of a building (a buildings sound properties – if a sound lasts a long time or not).
  4. 7. The word Accompagnato comes from Italian, meaning accompanying. The musical accompaniment must follow the singer, so that it is the singer who can vary the tempo, or speed, at their leisure.
  5. 10. An accordion is a portable keyboard or button based instrument. It is usually a box-shaped instrument with metal reeds made to vibrate by squeezing air from bellows. To make a sound, the bellows are played back and forwards by the player’s hands. The notes are chosen through the action of the player’s fingers on the buttons or the regular keyboard layout.
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  1. 2. The word Acciaccatura comes from Italian for crushed. When on music, it means an extra grace note, is played just before the main note and is then released immediately. The Notation for this type of grace note is defined by the stem of the note crossed through.
  2. 3. In music, to accompany, means to perform with another performer, but usually in a background capacity .ie. Not to overpower the main performer.
  3. 4. Cappella The word A Cappella (or Acapella) is used to describe choral music usually sung in a ‘in chapel style’ . A Cappella is performed unaccompanied and usually has well defined harmonies.
  4. 6. The word action relates mainly to a guitar. The action of a guitar refers to the height of the strings above the fret board.
  5. 8. The word Accelerando comes from Italian, meaning accelerating. When written on music, Accelerando means that the music a gradually becoming faster.
  6. 9. The word Adagio means that a piece of music is to be played slowly. However, it is not as slowly as Largo.