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Vocabulary for Band

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Accelerando   Gradually growing faster  
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Accidental   Alteration of a note from the key signature until the next bar line  
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Ad libitum   at pleasure  
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a due   for two parts  
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affetuoso   ternderly, with feeling  
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alla breve (   2/2 time, cut time  
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Allargando   getting slower and louder  
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Amoroso   with love, warm feeling  
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animato/ con anima   lively, animated  
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appassionato/passione   passionate, fervent  
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Assai   much, very  
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a tempo   return to the original tempo  
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attacca   continue without pause  
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bravura   great technical skill, virtuosity  
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brillante   sparkling, spirited  
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cadenza   a brilliant highly technical solo  
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cadence   the close melodic or harmonic phrase  
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calmando/calmato   quieting down  
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cantando/cantabile   in singing style  
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capriccioso   fanciful, freely  
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coda   a concluding passage added to the form proper  
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con   with  
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con brio   with vigor  
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con forza   with force  
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con fuoco   with fire  
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con sordino   with mute  
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con spirito   with spirit  
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crescendo   becoming louder  
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da capo (D.C.)   from the beginning  
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dal segno (D.S.)   from the sign %  
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decrescendo   becoming softer  
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diatonic   notes within a given scale  
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diminuendo (decresc.)   becoming softer  
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divisi   divided parts where there is normally one  
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dolce   sweet, gentle  
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doppio movimento   twice as fast  
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double flat   lower by one full step  
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double sharp   raise by one full step  
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dynamics   the level of loudness  
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pianississimo (ppp)   very very soft  
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pianissimo (pp)   very soft  
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piano (p)   soft  
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mezzo piano (mp)   medium soft  
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mezzo forte (mf)   medium loud  
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forte (f)   loud  
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fortissimo (ff)   very loud  
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fortississimo (fff)   very very floud  
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e, ed, et   and  
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espressivo   with feeling, with expression  
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etude   a study or exercise focusing on a particular technical or musical problem  
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fermata   a pause or hold  
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finale   last movement  
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fine   the end  
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forzando   a strong accent  
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giocoso   humorous, playful  
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giusto   exact, usual tempo  
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glissando   a glide from one note to the next  
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grazioso   graceful  
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interval   pitch difference between two notes  
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key signature   sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key  
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largamente   broadly  
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legato   smooth, even without breaks between notes  
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l'istesso tempo   at the same tempo  
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loco   return to normal position  
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maestoso   majestic  
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marcato   accented, stressed  
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marcia   march  
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meno   less  
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molto   very much  
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morendo   fading away  
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mosso/moto   moved, motion  
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non   no, do not  
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nuance   subtle shading in style  
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ossia   an alternate version  
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pesante   weighty  
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piu   more  
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pochissimo   as little as possible  
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poco a poco   little by little  
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pomposo   stately, pompous  
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quasi   almost, as if  
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rallentando (rall.)   becoming slower  
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ritardando (ritard. or rit.)   becoming slower  
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ritenuto (riten.)   immediately slower  
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rinforzando (rfz)   a sudden accent  
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rubato   free use of accel. and rit. within a measure without altering the duration of the measure as a whole  
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sans/senza   without  
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scherzando   playfully  
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segue   continue without pausing  
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sempre   always, throughout  
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sforzando (sfz)   a sudden accent  
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simile   in the same manner  
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soli   a section solo, a group of soloists  
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solo   one performer  
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sonore   resounding loud  
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sordino   mute  
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sostenuto (sost)   sustained  
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staccato   detached  
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stringendo (string)   growing faster  
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subito (sub)   suddenly, at once  
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tacet   be silent  
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tempo   rate of speed  
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grave   solemn, very very slow  
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largo   very slow  
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adagio, lento, larghetto   slow  
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andante   moderately slow  
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andantino   slightly faster than andante  
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moderato   moderate, neither fast or slow  
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allegretto   moderately fast  
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allegro   fast lively  
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vivo, vivace   very fast and intense  
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presto   the fastest conventional tempo  
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prestissimo   as fast as possible  
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tenuto (ten)   held, sustained for full value  
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timbre   tone, color  
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tranquillo   quiet peaceful  
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trill (tr)   a rapid alteration between the written note and the diatonic second above it  
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troppo   too much  
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tutti   all, with all performers  
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un, uno, uno   one  
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unison   together on the same part or in octaves  
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