musical terms Test
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| A. A large unit within a symphony or concerto. It usually is comprised of many themes or musical ideas.B. More. For example, piu piano would mean more softly.C. Always more.D. This can also be called orchestration when assigned to an orchestra. It is the way a composer or arranger takes musical sounds and assigns them to specific instruments.E. An ordered succession of adjacent pitches, arranged in a sequence of whole steps and half steps, for example the major or minor scales. A specific scale is defined by its characteristic interval pattern and by its most prominent pitch, known as its tonic.F. Always. For example, sempre forte would mean always loud.G. A pitch that is the first degree of a major or minor scale and the tonal center of a piece composed in a particular key.H. A specific number of musical sounds that are organized within a measure, and that are contained within two solid lines called bar lines. I. Meaning a slow tempo or slow speed. Sometimes it is the name of a work like Mozart's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra.J. Very lively, or at a very quick speed.K. For one player (musician), or to be played alone. In an orchestral work it has come to mean the important line or part for one player, while soli would be the same for a group or section of players.L. Symbols to represent sounds or pitches and duration of those sounds. M. The shape or organization of a musical composition.N. When two or more notes or pitches are sounded simultaneously a chord is created.O. Meaning wide, broad. In music a tempo marking meaning to be performed quite slowly.P. An identifiable succession of musical sounds, but shorter than a complete melody.Q. When a sharp symbol ♯ is added to a note it raises the note by a half-step. For example, if we have the note G and we add a sharp to it the note now becomes G-sharp, or G♯.R. The first beat in a measure as conducted by the leader of an ensemble is called the downbeat.S. When a flat symbol ♭ is added to a note it lowers the note by a half-step. For example, if we have the note D and we add a flat to it the note now becomes D-flat or D♭.T. Forceful, usually accented. |
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