Articulation
Marked or emphasized
What is Marcato?
An ending section of a piece
What is a Coda?
Gradually getting faster
What is Accelerando?
Clarity of pronunciation when singing
What is Diction?
Emphasis on normally weak beats or offbeats
Very soft
What is pianissimo
Return to the beginning
What is Da Capo?
A walking pace
What is Andante?
Another name for 4/4 time
What is Common Time?
Flexible tempo for expressive effect
What is Rubato?
Another term for getting softer (not decrescendo)
What is Diminuendo?
A musical symbol that means "from the sign"
What is a Del Segno?
Very fast
What is Presto?
The distance between two pitches
What is an Interval?
Fading to nothing
What is al niente?
A sudden strong accent or emphasis
What is a Sforzando?
A repeated musical pattern
What is an Ostinato?
Slow and leisurely tempo
What is Adagio?
Tension or clash in music from unstable harmony
Prolonged, sustained articulation
Suddenly
What is subito?
A sequence of chords that closes a phrase
What is a Cadence?
Slowly and stately
What is Largo?
Quality or color of sound
What is Timbre?