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2009 All State Terms
Question | Answer |
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a tempo | in time; gennerally implies a retutun to the orignal rate of speed |
accelerando | (accel.) gradually faster |
al fine | to the finish |
allegretto | light and moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro |
allegro | rapid; lively |
andante | (andte) moderately slow, but moving |
andantino | gennerally a litttle quicker than andante |
animato | spirited |
cantabile | in a singing style |
chromatic | by semi-tones |
coda | the final added measures of a musical composition |
con brio | with spirt; brilliantly |
con spirito | with spirt: brilliance |
crescendo | (cres.) (<) gradually louder |
da capo | (D.C.) from the beginning |
dal segno | (D.S.) from the sign |
decrescendo | (decres.) (>) gradually softer |
diminuendo | (dim.) (>) gradually softer |
dolce | sweetley |
etude | a study |
fermata | a hold or a pause |
forte | (f) loud |
fortissimo | (ff) very loud |
grazioso | gracefully |
largo | very slow |
legato | smooth and connected |
maestoso | majestically |
marcto | marked; with emphasis |
marziale | martial |
mezzo | medium; half (such as mezzo-forte -medium loud; mezzo piano -medium soft) |
moderato | moderately |
molto | very |
pianissimo | (pp) very softly |
piano | (p) softly |
poco a poco | little by little |
presto | very fast |
rallentando | (rall.) gradually slower |
ritardando | (rit.) gradually slower |
segno | the sign |
soli | more than one preformer in unison |
solo | a composition ir passage for one preformer |
staccato | seperated, detached style |
tacet | silent |
tempo | time; speed |
tenuto | (ten.) sustain full value |