TEMPOS
STYLE
DYNAMICS
MUSIC THEORY
GENERAL
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This term means to return to the Original Tempo
What is "A Tempo"
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This term means to play more "Animated"
What is "Animato"?
100
This means to play "Loud"
What is "Forte"
100
This term means to raise a note by a half step
What is "Sharp"?
100
This term is usually placed in front of another musical term, and translates to "VERY"
What is "Molto"?
200
This is means to play at a FAST Tempo
What is "Allegro"
200
This term means "to play SWEETLY"
What is "Dolce"?
200
This means to play quiet, or softly
What is "Piano"
200
This is an accidental that cancels a sharp or a flat
What is a "Natural"?
200
This term means "Everyone Plays Together"
What is "Tutti"?
300
This tempo means to play at WALKING SPEED
What is "Andante"?
300
This term means to play "smoothly"
What is "Legato"
300
To start quiet, then gradually get louder
What is "Crescendo"?
300
This means to hold a note until the conductor cuts it off
What is a "Fermata"?
300
This term means "The End"
What is "Fine"? (Pronounced "FEE-NAY")
400
This tempo both means, and rhymes with "VERY SLOW"
What is "Adagio"?
400
To play notes with separation or space
What is "Staccato"?
400
This means to get quieter
What is "Decrescendo"?
400
A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats in a measure
What is "TIME Signature"?
400
This term means "Silence", or "Don't Play", but the answer is NOT "rest".
What is "Tacet"?
500
This tempo means to "get faster"
What is "Accelerando"?
500
To play "Majestically"
What is "Maestoso"?
500
This means to play SUDDENLY soft
What is "Subito Piano"? (also acceptable: "Forte Piano")
500
This is the section of the staff that lies between bar lines.
What is a "Measure"?
500
This term means "Little By Little"
What is "Poco a poco"?
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