LC Music – Key Definitions

Senza Without vibrato Vibrato

8 ve Play an octave above or below

Sforzando – Sfz Sudden accent

Poco Accel A little acceleration LC Music – Key Definitions

Three notes Triplets played in the time of two

Subito Suddenly

Molto Very flute-like (bow over the Flautando fingerboard)

Detaché Detached LC Music – Key Definitions

Light and detached Bouncing articulation of the notes

Espressivo With expression

Hammered To play with force

Verve Lively LC Music – Key Definitions

Retrograde Playing the tune backwards

Turning a tune Inversion upside down

One line of melody Homophonic and accompaniment

Two or more melodies Polyphonic interweaving with one another

LC Music – Key Definitions

One line of Monophonic melody, no accompaniment

Unaccompanied Acapella singing

Where a musical passage is recorded Overdubbing and copied two or more times

Rubato Free rhythm LC Music – Key Definitions

Long sustained or repeated note, over Pedal which harmonies change

Con Sord With mutes

The numbers written under the cello part Figured Bass indicating chords and their positions to the keyboard player

A style of singing Recitative that is more related to speech than song LC Music – Key Definitions

A type of piece that was written as a set Chaconne of variations on an Ostinato

Word Where the composer illustrates words in Painting musical terms

A part for keyboard (harpsichord or organ) and cello or bass. The keyboard player Continuo reads the cello line and provides an accompaniment based on the figured Bass

Music that is written and performed Atonal without regard to any specific key LC Music – Key Definitions

Dissoance Harsh, discordant and lack of harmony

A quick fluctuation in the pitch of a note produced on Vibrato a stringed instrument by a shaking movement of the hand stopping the strings

A wavering effect in a musical tone, produced by Tremolo rapid repeated slight variation in the pitch of a note

Reel Time 4/4 Signature LC Music – Key Definitions

Jig Time

6/8 Signature

Slip Jig Time 9/8 Signature

Hornpipe Time Signature 4/4

Anacrusis An upbeat LC Music – Key Definitions

Melisma More than one note per syllable

Binary Form AB

Ternary Form ABA

A piece of music where usually the first movement of the piece serving as the Sonata Form exposition, a development, or recapitulation LC Music – Key Definitions

The closing Coda section of a movement

Crotchet 1 beat

Minum 2 beats

Dotted Minum 3 beats LC Music – Key Definitions

Semi breve 4 beats

Flats, sharps and Accidentals naturals that are not in the key signature

Beats per BPM minute

Stay on a note longer than it’s rhythm value stated. It Pause Mark is usually found at the end of a phrase