Terms

Term 1

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Term	Symbol	Definition
A tempo		Return to original tempo
Accelerando		Gradually speed up
Calore		With warmth
Cantabile		In a singing style
Coda		The last part of a piece
Con Brio		With vigour and spirit
Con Moto		With motion
Crescendo		Gradually get louder
Da Capo	D.C.	Return to the beginning of a piece.
Dal Segno	D.S.	Return to “The Sign”
Decrescendo		Gradually get softer
Diminuendo		Gradually get softer
Dolce		Sweetly
Fermata		Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
Fine		The end
Giocoso		Humourously, jokingly
Legato		Smoothly
Marcato		Marked; emphasized
Molto		Very much; a lot
Morendo		Dying away
Poco		A little
Rallentando		Slow down
Ritardando		Gradually slower
Ritenuto		Slow more suddenly and extremely than a ritardando
Rubato		Display intense feeling by modifying the time.
Sempre		Always
Sforzando		Forcibly; with a sudden strong accent
Sostenuto		sustained
Staccato		Separated
Tenuto		Held, sustained. Wind Player: use a soft tongue. Singers: “press” articulation.

Term 2

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Term	Symbol	Definition
A tempo		Return to original tempo
Accelerando		Gradually speed up
Adagio		Slow, but not Largo
Allargando		Slow down and crescendo
Allegretto		Quite fast, but not as fast as Allegro
Allegro		Fast
Andante		Moderately slow; Walking tempo
Andantino		Slower than Andante, but often used to mean the reverse
Coda		The last part of a piece
Crescendo		Gradually get louder
Da Capo	D.C.	Return to the beginning of a piece.
Dal Segno	D.S.	Return to “The Sign”
Decrescendo		Gradually get softer
Diminuendo		Gradually get softer
Fermata		Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
Fine		The end
L’istesso Tempo		The same speed
Largo		Very slow and dignified
Legato		Smoothly
Lento		Slowly
Meno mosso		Less motion; less rapidly
Piu mosso		More motion; more rapidly
Rallentando		Slow down
Ritardando		Gradually slower
Ritenuto		Slow more suddenly and extremely than a ritardando
Staccato		Separated
Stringendo		Gradually speed up, usually with a crescendo
Tempo Giusto		Fitting or strict tempo
Tempo Primo		Return to the first tempo
Vivace		Quick and lively

Term 3

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Term	Symbol	Definition
Adagio		Slow, but not Largo
Allargando		Slow down and crescendo
Allegretto		Quite fast, but not as fast as Allegro
Allegro		Fast
Andante		Moderately slow; Walking tempo
Andantino		Slower than Andante, but often used to mean the reverse
Calore		With warmth
Cantabile		In a singing style
Con Brio		With vigour and spirit
Con Moto		With motion
Dolce		Sweetly
Giocoso		Humourously, jokingly
L’istesso Tempo		The same speed
Largo		Very slow and dignified
Lento		Slowly
Marcato		Marked; emphasized
Meno mosso		Less motion; less rapidly
Molto		Very much; a lot
Morendo		Dying away
Piu mosso		More motion; more rapidly
Poco		A little
Rubato		Display intense feeling by modifying the time.
Sempre		Always
Sforzando		Forcibly; with a sudden strong accent
Sostenuto		sustained
Stringendo		Gradually speed up, usually with a crescendo
Tempo Giusto		Fitting or strict tempo
Tempo Primo		Return to the first tempo
Tenuto		Held, sustained. Wind Player: use a soft tongue. Singers: “press” articulation.
Vivace		Quick and lively