orch vocab 2
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- marcato
- marked, accented, emphatic, stressed
- marcia
- in a march like style
- menuet
- dance of the Classical era in slow, triple time; originated in France; also spelled minuet
- molto
- much
- morendo
- dies away, diminishes in tone and tempo
- piu
- more
- pizzicato
- pluck string with fingers
- poco a poco
- little by little
- ripieno
- the larger of the 2 ensembles in the Baroque Concerto Grosso; all the others not playing the solo
- simile
- in a similar manner
- soli
- the entire section
- solo
- a single performer
- spiccato
- separated, detached, off the string
- strum
- brush the fingers over the string
- suite
- a set of dances; originated in the early 17th century and flourished in the Baroque era