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Musical vocab
for all-county
Question | Answer |
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cantabile | in a singing style |
chromatic | in semi-tones |
allegro | rapid;lively |
allegreto | light & moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro |
animato | animated;spirited |
al fine | to the finish |
accelerando | gradually faster |
a tempo | in time; generally implies a return to the original rate of speed |
molto | very |
moderato | moderately |
mezzo | medium;half |
tempo | time;speed |
staccato | separated, detached style |
solo | a composition or passage for 1 performer |
soli | more than 1 performer in unison |
grazioso | gracefully |
ritardando | gradually slower |
segno | the sign |
coda | the final added measures of a musical composition |
rallentando | gradually slower |
presto | very fast |
poca a poca | little by little |
piano | soft |
fortissimo | very loud |
etude | a study |
pianissimo | very softly |
da capo | from the begining |
crescendo | gradually louder |
con spirito | with spirit, brilliance |
forte | loud |
decrescendo | gradually softer |
dolce | sweetly |
tacet | silent |
marziale | martial |
largo | very slow |
dal segno | from the sign |
con brio | with spirit; brilliantly |
fermata | a hold or pause |
andantino | generally a little quicker than andante |
andante | moderately slow, but moving |
maestoso | majestically |
dimenuendo | gradually softer |
legato | smooth and connected |
marcato | marked; with emphasis |
tenuto | sustain full value |