Light and graceful with a touch of non-legato style

Succession of pitches in rhythm

A repeated pattern, often implied with rhythmic intent

A five-note scale often associated with folk music or spirituals

Composition intended to improve specific techniques

A slide between a group of notes

The smallest musical idea, either in rhythm or melody

The distance between two pitches

A change of key within a composition

The accuracy or lack of a musical pitch

A musical part which is essential in a piece of music

Two or more pitches played at the same time

A detached, hammered bow stroke

An introduction of major musical themes

Collection of accidentals found in a scale

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Leggiero
Light and graceful with a touch of non-legato style
Heavy and ugly with a touch of legato style
Quick and loud with a touch of loure style
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Morendo
Dying away
Faster
More
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Molto
Very
Little
Minus
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Melody
Succession of pitches in rhythm
Succession of beats in music
Succesion of singing in chorus
5
Mezzo Forte
Medium loud
Medium quiet
Medium fast
6
Ostinato
A repeated pattern, often implied with rhythmic intent
A single note, often very rhythmically important
A simple pattern, not implied with rhythmic intent
7
Fine
The description of an attractive person
The end of a piece; final
A fee one must pay
8
L'Istesso Tempo
Same tempo
Stressed tempo
Less tempo
9
Pentatonic
An acapella group that has no instruments
A five-note scale often associated with folk music or spirituals
A four-note scale often associated with country music
10
Mezzo Piano
Medium loud
Medium slow
Medium soft
11
Etude
Composition intended to improve specific techniques
Composition inteded to be played for fun
Composition inteded to challenge the student
12
Octave
The interval of seven
The interval of eight
The eight legged octopus
13
Fermata
A stop in the music
A fern in the music
A pause in the music
14
Fortissimo
Very harsh
Very loud
Very quiet
15
Glissando
To add vibrato to a note
The sound when you adjust your finger to the correct pitch
A slide between a group of notes
16
Grazioso
Gracefully
Graciously
To graze over the music
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Maestoso
Royally
Maestro
Majestically
18
Motif
The smallest musical idea, either in rhythm or melody
The biggest musical idea, either in rhythm or melody
The fastest musical idea, either in rhythm or melody
19
Meno Mosso
Very quiet
A little more
A little less
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Moderato
Medium
To moderate
Moderately
21
Interval
The distance between two musicians
The distance between two pitches
The distances between to numbers
22
Modulation
Moderato
Moderately
A change of key within a composition
23
Intonation
The accuracy or lack of a musical pitch
The volume of the musical pitch
The placement of your bow on the instrument
24
Legato
Loud and accented
Separated and detached
Smooth and connected
25
Lento
Slow or sluggish
Quiet and boring
Fash and lively
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Forte
Loud
Quiet
Soft
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Mezzo
Medium
Little
Mezzanine
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Loure
Slurred potatoes
Separated staccato or potato
Slurred staccato or portato
29
Marcato
Separated
To play like Mark
Marked, with emphasis
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Largo
Very fast
Very large
Very slow
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Obbligato
A musical part which is essential in a piece of music
A musical part which in not important
An extravagant part in the music
32
Harmony
A musical group
Two or more pitches played at different times
Two or more pitches played at the same time
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Martele
A detached, hammered bow stroke
A marked, spicatto bow stroke
A connected, smooth bow stroke
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Overture
An introduction of major musical themes
An introduction of major characters in a musical piece
The beginning of an old movie
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Key Signature
The place where you sign a document
Collection of accidentals found in a scale
A place where lost keys are found

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