Instrumental Midterm Study Guide
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- accelerando (accel)
- gradually faster
- accent
- emphasis of a note, which may result from its being louder (dynamic accent), longer, or higher in pitch than the notes near it
- adagio
- slow
- aerophone
- any instrument - such as a flute or trumpet - whose sound is generated by a vibrating column of air
- allegretto
- moderately fast
- allegro
- fast
- andante
- moderately slow, a walking pace
- a tempo
- return to the original time
- bar line
- a line that divides each measure of a piece
- bass clef
- symbol on the staff indicating relatively low pitch ranges, such as those played by a pianist's left hand
- baton
- thin stick used by many conductors to beat time and indicate pulse and tempo
- beam
- horizontal line connecting the flags of several eighth notes or sixteenth notes in succession, to facilitate reading those notes
- beat
- regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
- chord
- combination of three or more tones sounded at once
- chordophone
- instrument - such as a hard or lute - whose sounds is generated by stretching a string