Band Glossary
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- al
- to; used with code or fine
- Marcato
- with a strong attack
- Atonal
- Lacking a tonal center
- Balance
- A satisfying arrangement of musical elements and sections
- Dynamics
- how loud or soft one should play or sing
- Form
- to design or structure of a musical composition
- piano
- soft
- Coda
- Closing section of the composition that draws on musical material from the piece it concludes
- diminuendo/ decrescendo
- gradually softer
- Clef
- A symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to indicate the pitch of the notes in the staff
- Bar
- Measure
- Diction
- Degree of clarity and distintness of fronunciation in singing
- Dissonance
- Sounds of unrest; the opposite of consonance
- Argeggio
- A term used to describe the pitches of a chord as they are sung or played one after the other, rather than simultaneously
- Alto, contralto
- The lowest female voice
- coda
- the final section of music
- A cappella
- song without instrumental accompaniment
- Accent
- with a shart attack
- mezzo piano
- medium soft
- Bar line
- the verticle line placed on the staff to divide music into measures
- Consonance
- intercallic relationships that produce agreeable sounds
- Canonic
- A term used to describe polyphonic style of music in which all parts have the smae melody but start at different times
- Enunciation
- the manner of singing or speaking words as it pertains to distinct vowels and consonants
- Fermatta
- a hold; held longer than normal
- Legato
- smoot, held full value
- Classroom instruments
- those instruemnts whether purchased from a manufacturer or created in the classroom that produce melodic, harmonic, or percussive sounds
- fortissimo
- very loud
- Staccato
- short, detached
- Cambiata
- A term meaning change, applied to a boy's changing voice
- Accelerando
- gradually faster
- Conduction patterns
- the pattern of the beat of the music that the conductor uses to direct the music
- pianissimo
- very soft
- Baroque
- the period 1600-1750
- crescendo
- gradually louder
- Atriculation
- The movement of the jaw, lips, soft palate, and tongue to form intelligeble sounds.
- forte
- loud
- Blend
- The quality of sound that gives an ensemble its own distincive sound
- da capo
- the the beginning
- Absolute Music
- Music that is not associated with pictorial or poetic ideas
- Duple meter
- Music that moves in two's
- mezzo forte
- medium loud
- Binary form
- the term used to describe a composition of 2 sections, AP, each of which may be repeated
- Attack
- Promptness and precision in beginning a phrase
- Accent
- a symbol placed above a note to indicate stress or emphasis
- Diaphragm
- the muscular area that seperates the chest cavity from the abdoment.