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Strings Theory Test
Theory Vocabulary Terms
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10th Grade
11/14/2012
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A tempo
 Definition
return to original tempo
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Accelerando
 Definition
Gradually speed up
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Calore
 Definition
With warmth
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Cantabile
 Definition
In a singing style
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Coda
 Definition
The last part of a piece
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Con Brio
 Definition
With vigour and spirit
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Con Moto
 Definition
With motion
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Crescendo
 Definition
Gradually get louder
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Da Capo
 Definition
Return to the beginning of a piece.
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Dal Segno
 Definition
Return to “The Sign”
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Decrescendo
 Definition
Gradually get softer
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Diminuendo
 Definition
Gradually get softer
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Dolce
 Definition
Sweetly
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Fermata
 Definition
Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
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Fine
 Definition
The end
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Giocoso
 Definition
Humourously, jokingly
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Legato
 Definition
Smoothly
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Marcato
 Definition
Marked; emphasized
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Molto
 Definition
Very much; a lot
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Morendo
 Definition
Dying away
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Rallentando
 Definition
Slow down
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Poco
 Definition
A little
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Ritardando
 Definition
Gradually slower
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Ritenuto
 Definition
Slow more suddenly and extremely than a ritardando
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Rubato
 Definition
Display intense feeling by modifying the time.
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Sempre
 Definition
Always
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Sforzando
 Definition
Forcibly; with a sudden strong accent
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Sostenuto
 Definition
sustained
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Staccato
 Definition
Separated
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Tenuto
 Definition
Held, sustained. Wind Player: use a soft tongue. Singers: “press” articulation
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