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29 Cards in this Set
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Cadence |
Last two chords of a musical phrase |
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Cadenza |
Place in the music where everything stops and the soloists is able to demonstrate their technical prowess, usually at the end of the first movement or beginning of the last movement |
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Canon |
Exact musical repetition |
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Cantibale |
Song like |
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Cantata |
Work for orchestra, choir, or soloist |
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Chant |
Earliest form of monophonic music |
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Chamber Music |
Music for smaller ensembles |
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Cello |
2nd lowest instrument in the string family |
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Con |
With |
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Common Time |
4/4 time |
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Chord |
2 or more notes sounded simultaneously |
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Chromatic Scale |
Non diatonic scale, all half steps |
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Crescendo |
Gradually increase volume |
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Coda |
The end |
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Consonance |
Sounds that don’t need resolution |
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Concerto |
Pieces written for solo instrument(s) with orchestral accompaniment |
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Da Capo |
The top/beginning |
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Decrescendo |
Gradually decrease volume |
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Diminuendo |
Same as decrescendo |
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Duple Time |
When the beat is divisible by 2 (4) |
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Dirge |
Funeral March |
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Dissonance |
Sounds that need resolution |
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Divisi |
To divide |
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Dolce |
Sweetly |
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Downbeat |
1st beat of a measure |
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Dynamics |
Ranges of louds and softs in music |
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Elegy |
Music written in memory for someone or thing |
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Etude |
Piece written for study; not for performance |
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Enharmonic |
Multiple ways to name the same pitch |