Dynamics
Piano & Forte
soft & loud
Rhythm Vs Tempo
Rhythm: a pattern of long and short sounds in music
Tempo: speed of the pulse in music
Legato
smooth
Violin
Major vs Minor
A piece in a major key will sound happy and bright. A piece in a minor key will sound sad and dark.
Mezzo Piano & Mezzo Forte
Moderately soft and moderately loud
Rhythmic ostinato
Repeating rhythmic pattern
Staccato
Detached
Scalic passage
Musical phrases consisting of consecutive, stepwise notes taken directly from a scale.
Monophonic
One single melody line.
Crescendo vs Decrescendo
Gradually getting louder/ softer
Largo
Slow
Pizzicato
Plucked
Trill
Rapid repetition of two notes beside each other
Homophonic
One main melody with an accompaniment.
Terraced Dynamics
Sudden changes in dynamics - a typical feature during the Baroque Era
Allegro
Fast
Sforzando
With force
Tremolo
Rapid repetition of the same note
Polyphonic
Multiple melodies playing at the same time with or without accompaniment.