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Music Theory Unit 5

Dynamics and Tempo

QuestionAnswer
Piano soft
Forte loud
Mezzo piano moderately soft
Mezzo forte moderately loud
Pianissimo very soft
Fortissimo very loud
Crescendo gradually louder
Diminuendo gradually softer
Decrescendo gradually softer
Largo very slow
Adagio slow
Andante moving along (walking speed)
Moderato moderately
Allegro quickly or cheerfully
Vivace lively and fast
Ritardando gradually slower
Accelerando gradually faster
Staccato play the note short and detached
Accent play the note louder & with special emphasis
Sforzando sudden strong accent or forcing
Tenuto hold the note for its full value
Fermata hold the note longer than its normal value (approximately twice the normal duration)
Da Capo (D.C.) repeat from the beginning
Dal Segno (D.S.) repeat from the sign
Fine The end
Coda an added ending
Soft Piano
loud Forte
moderately soft Mezzo piano
moderately loud Mezzo forte
very soft Pianissimo
very loud Fortissimo
gradually louder Crescendo
gradually softer Diminuendo or Decrescendo
very slow Largo
slow Adagio
moving along (walking speed Andante
moderately Moderato
quickly or cheerfully Allegro
lively and fast Vivace
gradually slower Ritardando
gradually faster Accelerando
play the note short and detached Staccato
play the note louder & with special emphasis Accent
sudden strong accent or forcing Sforzando
hold the note for its full value Tenuto
hold the note longer than its normal value (approximately twice the normal duration) Fermata
repeat from the beginning Da Capo (D.C.)
repeat from the sign Dal Segno (D.S.)
The end Fine
an added ending Coda
Created by: samundoacademy
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