7th Grade Instrumental Music
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- chorale
- a slow " hymn-like " composition
- improvisation
- make up something on the spot
- sforzando
- (sfz) suddent accent of a single note or cord
- maestoso
- stately, dignified, majestically style
- major scale
- A scale pattern consisting of whole steps and half steps in this order W W h W W W h
- fortissimo
- very loud (ff)
- natural minor scale
- A minor scale formation, similar to a major scale with lowered 3, 6 and 7.
- loure
- Smooth, gentle pause between slurred tones
- intonation
- the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument)
- spiccato (orchestra only)
- bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings
- rudiments
- Fundamentals, basics
- music theory
- the study of how music is put together
- degrees (scale)
- a unit of measurement between notes
- marcato
- to be marked, stressed, or accented
- pianissimo
- very soft (pp)
- interval
- distance between two notes
- alla breve
- a tempo marking indicating quick double time
- vibrato
- Controlled wavering of pitch
- chord
- Combination of three or more tones sounded at once