Tempo
Style
General
Theory
More Theory
100
This term means "very slow" (and it rhymes!)
What is Adagio?
100
Term that means to play with "emotion"
What is espressivo?
100
Less
What is "Meno"
100
A symbol at beginning of staff defining the pitch of notes found within
What is a clef?
100
This term means to hold
What is a "fermata"
200
This term means "get slower"
What is ritardando (or rallentando)?
200
To play smoothly
What is "legato"?
200
Very
What is "Molto"
200
An accidental that lowers pitch or tone one half step or one semitone
What is a flat?
200
This is an accidental that returns a note to its original pitch
What is a natural?
300
This term means to "get faster"
Accellerando
300
This means to play with separation between notes
What is staccato?
300
This term means "Agitated, moved"
What is "Mosso"?
300
The distance between 2 notes
What is an Interval?
300
A symbol which determines the number of beats in a measure, and what type of note gets the beat.
What is a "Time Signature"?
400
This tempo is fast, brisk, lively and spirited?
What is Vivace (or Presto)?
400
This term means Humorously
What is Giocoso?
400
This term means "little by little"
What is Pocco a pocco?
400
Means to go back to the beginning
What does Da Capo Mean?
400
3 notes played in the same amount of time as 2 notes
What is a Triplet?
500
This musical term means "Same Tempo"
What is L'istesso Tempo?
500
This term means "Dying Away"
What is "morendo"?
500
This term means "Silence"
What is "Tacet"?
500
Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending
What is a scale?
500
This is a rapid alteration between 2 notes
What is a Trill?
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