Vocabulary List 4

Vocabulary 4

A tempo - return to the original tempo after some deviation
Accent mark - symbols that indicate a note is strongly played or sung
Accidentals - symbol used to raise or lower a given pitch by 1 or 2 semi-tones, or to cancel a previous sign or part of a key signature
Arpeggio - the notes of the chord played in succession to one another, rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
Atonal - music that lacks a tonal center; absence of key
Augmented - raised or enlarged. Generally refers to the raising of a pitch by one half-step
Concerto - composition for instruments in which a solo instrument is set against an orchestral ensemble
D. C. or Da Capo - repeat from the beginning of the composition
Diminished - lowered, or reduced; generally refers to the lowering of a pitch chromatically by one half step
Grave - solemn, with dignity
Grazioso - graceful
Marcato - marked, stressed
Octave - an interval eight diatonic scale degrees a pitch. Two notes an octave apart have the same letter name, and form the most consonant interval possible.

Dynamics