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Orchestra
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Slow, broad | Largo |
| Very slow | Grave |
| Moderately | Moderato |
| Quick, lively | Allegro |
| Very fast | Presto |
| Time travel fast, lol Faster than presto | Prestissimo |
| Walking tempo, normal | Andante |
| A tempo | Return to original tempo |
| Ritardando | Gradually slow down |
| Rubato | Freely, flexibly |
| Rallentando | Broadening, stretching tempo |
| Accelerando | Gradually speed up accelerate |
| Staccato | Short quick bows |
| Detache | Normal bows |
| Spicatto | Bows that bounce off the string |
| Soul tasto | Over the fingerboard |
| Soul ponticello | Close to the bridge |
| Tremelo | Very quick bow strokes at the tip of bow |
| Col legno | Playing with wood of bow |
| Legato | Long/ slow bows |
| Tenuto | Lengthen or emphasize |
| Marcato | Long, detailed and heavy bow strokes |
| Accent | An emphasized quick loudness |
| Coda | Concluding passage |
| Divisi | Divided |
| Con | With |
| Meno | Less |
| Poco | Little |
| Molto | Very much |
| Solo | Only one person plays |
| Soli | One section plays |
| Subito | Suddenly |
| Sempre | Always, stay for ever |
| Niente | Nothing |
| Tutti | All together |
| Simile | Same, keep it going |
| Order of sharps | f,c,g,d,a,e,b |
| Order of flats | b,e,a,d,g,c,f |
| How do you identify the major key signatures? | The last sharp raised up a HALF step |
| How do you identify the minor key signatures? | The 2nd to last sharp |
| 0 sharps,0 flats | C |
| 1 sharp, F | G |
| 2 sharps, F/C | D |
| 3 sharps, F/C/G | A |
| 4 sharps, F/C/G/D | E |
| 5 sharps, F/C/G/D/A | B |
| 6 sharps, F/C/G/D/A/E | F# |
| 7 sharps, all of them | C# |
| 1 flat, B | F |
| 2 flats B/E | B flat |
| 3 flats, B/E/A | E flat |
| 4 flats, B/E\A/D | A flat |
| 5 flats, B/E/A/D/G | D flat |
| 6 flats, B/E/A/D/G/C | G flat |
| 7 flats, all of them | C flat |
| Whole/ half step pattern for MAJOR scale | W,W,H,W,W,W,H |
| Whole/ half step pattern for MINOR scale | W,H,W,W,H,W,W |
| Melodic scale | Raise the 6/7th notes of scale up on way up, than lower them on way back down |
| Harmonic scale | Raise the 7th note of the scale a half step |