Literacy Flashcards by Dylan Russell

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Basso continuo

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Bass line

Harpsichord and cello

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Ripieno

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Big group in concerto grosso

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Concerto

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Solo instrument and orchestra

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Impressionist

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20th century

Music based on paintings

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Exposition

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1st movement in sonata form

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Subject

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The theme

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Ritornello

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Bit of music that keeps coming back

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Coloratura

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High decorative singing

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Interrupted cadence

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Ends on chord 6

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Passacaglia

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Variations over a ground bass

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Mode

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Early scales

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Inverted pedal

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Sustained/repeated note in an upper part

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Con sordino

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Muted (trumpet)

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Chamber music

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Small group of instruments (string quartet)

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Sonata form

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Exposition
Development
Recapitulation

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Music concrete

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Music based on natural sounds (cash register at the start of money)

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Time changes

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Music changes time signature

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Da capo aria

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Song from an opera (ABA)

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Glissando

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Sliding from one note to another

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Atonal

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No key

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3 against 2

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Triplets against quavers

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Adagio

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Slow

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Arco

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Playing with bow

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Countermelody

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Melody that goes along with the main tune

Modulation

Change of key

Plainchant

Monks, Renaissance, religious

Tierce de picardie

Minor all the way but ends on a major chord

Timbre

The instruments

Pianissimo (pp)

Really quiet

Piano (p)

Quiet

Mezzo Piano (MP)

Quite quiet

Mezzo forte (mf)

Quite loud

Forte (f)

Loud

Fortissimo (ff)

Very loud

Crescendo (

Getting louder

Diminuendo (>)

Getting quieter