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Leaving Cert Music (Key Definitions) - Coggle Diagram
Leaving Cert Music
(Key Definitions)
Senza
Vibrato
Without vibrato
8 ve
Play an octave
above or below
Sfz
Sforzando –
Sudden accent
Poco Accel
A little acceleration
Triplets
Three notes played in the time of two
Subito
Suddenly
Molto
Flautando
Very flute-like (bow over the fingerboard)
Detaché
Detached
Bouncing
Light and detached articulation of the notes
Espressivo
With expression
Hammered
To Play with Force
Verve
Lively
Retrograde
Playing the tune backwards
Inversion
Turning a tune upside down
Homophonic
One line of melody and accompaniment
Polyphonic
Two or more melodies interweaving with one another
Monophonic
One line of melody, no accompaniment
Acapella
Unaccompanied
singing
Overdubbing
Where a musical passage is recorded and copied two or more times
Rubato
Free Rhythm
Pedal
Long sustained or repeated note, over which harmonies change
Atonal
Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key
Vibrato
A quick fluctuation in the pitch of a note produced on a stringed instrument by a shaking movement of the hand stopping the strings
Tremolo
A wavering effect in a musical tone, produced by rapid repeated slight variation in the pitch of a note