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Band review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accelerando | gradually speed up |
| Accent | emphasize a note |
| adagio | slow |
| allegro | fast tempo |
| andante | walking tempo |
| crescendo | gradually get louder |
| cantabile | in a singing style |
| decrescendo | gradually get softer |
| dolce | sweetly |
| espressivo | expressively |
| fermata | hold the note out of time |
| fine | the end |
| flat | lowers note by a half step |
| forte | loud, strong |
| fortissimo | very loud, very strong |
| grazioso | gracefully |
| largo | very slow |
| marcato | heavy, marked, march-like |
| mezzo forte | moderately loud |
| mezzo piano | moderately soft |
| moderato | moderate tempo |
| natural | cancels flat or sharp |
| pianissimo | very soft |
| piano | soft |
| poco a poco | little by little |
| rallantando | slowing and broadening |
| ritardando | gradually slowing down |
| del segno | the sign |
| sempre | always |
| sharp | raises a note by one half step |
| staccato | light and separated |
| tempo | the speed of the music |
| vivace | very fast and lively |