a rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech and that is used for dialogue and narrative in operas and oratorios.
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Andante
Tempo at a walking pace.
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Allegro
Tempo is lively.
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Moderato
A direction indicating that the tempo specified is to be used with restraint.
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Maestoso
To play music in a dignified and majestic fashion.
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Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece. It is often used to describe a composition involving two singers.
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Monophonic
Music with a single "part", where a "part" typically means a single vocal melody or a single melody on an instrument.
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Accompaniment
A musical part that supports or provides background for other musical parts.
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Chordal
Relating to or consisting of a harmonic chord.
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Homophonic
The movement of accompanying parts in the same rhythm as the melody.
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Legato
Musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected.
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Conjunct
The difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale.
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Tremolo
A trembling effect.
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Hook
A musical idea that is used in popular music to make a song appealing.
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Broken chords
Chord notes being played out of sequence or less than the full chord simultaneously.
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Triplet
A group of three notes played inside another note-length.
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Syncopated
A temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat.
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Register
The relative "height" or range of a note, set of pitches or pitch classes, melody, part, instrument, or group of instruments. A higher register indicates higher pitch.
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Reprise
The repetition or reiteration of the opening material later in a composition.
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Tutti
When the whole orchestra plays as opposed to just the soloist.
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Counterpoint
The technique of setting, writing, or playing a melody or melodies in conjunction with another, according to fixed rules.
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Card 2
Front
Tempo at a walking pace.
Back
Andante
Card 3
Front
Tempo is lively.
Back
Card 4
Front
A direction indicating that the tempo specified is to be used with restraint.
Back
Card 5
Front
To play music in a dignified and majestic fashion.
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