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Grade 1 ABRSM Terms
Perf Directions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A tempo | At original speed/time |
| Accelerando | Gradually getting faster |
| Adagio | Slowly |
| Allegretto | Fairly Quick |
| Allegro Moderato | Moderately Quick |
| Andante | At a walking pace |
| Cantabile | In a singing style |
| Crescendo | Gradually getting louder |
| Da Capo | From beginning |
| Dal Segno | From the sign |
| Decrescendo | Gradually getting quieter |
| Diminuendo | Gradually getting quieter |
| Fine | The End |
| Forte | loud |
| Fortissimo | Very loud |
| Legato | Smoothly |
| Lento | Slowly |
| Mezzo | Half |
| Mezzo Forte | Moderately loud |
| Mezzo piano | Moderately quiet |
| Moderato | at a moderate speed |
| Pianissimo | very quiet |
| Piano | quiet |
| Poco | a little |
| Rallentando | guadually getting slower |
| Ritardando | gradually getting slower |
| Ritenuto | held back |
| Staccato | short and detached |