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Hint
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Answer
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A
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One of Mozart's five given names
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Amadeus
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B
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The principal female dancer in a ballet
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ballerina
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C
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Italian term that indicates to grow louder
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crescendo
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D
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Pedal on the piano that allows strings to continue to vibrate after notes have been released
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damper pedal
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E
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Russian__________Overture, by Rimsky-Korsakov
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Easter
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F
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Beethoven's only opera
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Fidelio
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G
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Composer of "Ave Maria" melody that uses Bach's first Prelude in C as its harmonic base
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Gounod
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H
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Country of Bartok's birth
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Hungary
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I
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A musical composition that contains no vocal parts
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instrumental
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J
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Term used in dance and in string technique that means "jump"
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jete
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K
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Man who compiled the catalogue listing of Mozart's works: They are identified by K. numbers rather than Opus numbers.
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Kochel
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L
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Term for the text of an opera
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libretto
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M
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A graceful 3/4 composition based on a dance, often serving as the 3rd movement of a classic-era symhony or sonata
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minuet
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N
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A note added to a chord that is "foreign" to the chord
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non-chord tone
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O
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Term used in string technique for notes played without pressing fingers down
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open string
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P
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Italian term for a touch which involves pressing a note for its full value, but not connecting it to the following notes, (between staccato and legato)
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portato
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Q
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Interval used in sitar music, not possible on a standard piano
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quarter tone
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R
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Italian term for gradually slowing down
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ritardando
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S
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Beloved ballet by Tchaikovsky
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Swan Lake
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T
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To "shake" or rotate very rapidly from one note to another, not a neighbor tone, indicated with a heavy diagonal line through the stems: in string music it can be produced on a single pitch.
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tremolo
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U
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Another term for pick-up note(s)
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upbeat
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V
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A very slight, subtle wavering of tone which increases its richness but does not noticeably change the pitch
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vibrato
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W
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A 6-tone scale consisting entirely of major second intervals
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whole tone scale
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Y
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Renowned, very popular contemporary cellist (full name)
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YoYo Ma
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Z
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Tiny cymbals used by belly dancers
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zills
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