Dynamics
Articulations
Techniques
Rhythmic Equivalents
Enharmonic Spellings
100

mf

What is mezzo forte?

100

long / smooth / flowing

What is legato?

100

sweetly

What is dolce?

100

two half notes

What is a whole note?

100

A# (A-sharp)

What is Bb (B-flat)?

200

p

What is piano?

200

short / separated

What is staccato?

200

in a singing style / like singing

What is cantabile?

200

two sixteenth notes

What is an eighth note?

200

Db (D-flat)

What is C# (C-sharp)?
300

mp

What is mezzo piano?

300

with emphasis / articulated

What is marcato

or

What is an accent?

300
to accelerate / get faster

What is accelerando?

300

a half note plus a quarter note

What is a dotted half note?

300

E# (E-sharp)

What is F?

400

ff

What is fortissimo?

400

detached

What is detache?

400

majestic

What is maestoso?

400

three eighth notes

What is a dotted quarter note?

400

Cb (C-flat)

What is B?

500

pp

What is pianissimo?

500

suddenly with force

What is sforzando?

500

to slide from one note to the next

What is a glissando?

500

three sixteenth notes

What is a dotted eighth note?

500

F x (F-double-sharp)

What is G?

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