SPEED
Hold
Fermata
Gradually get louder
Crescendo
.
Short and detached
Staccato
Suddenly
Subito
The distance between two pitches
Interval
Gradually get faster
Accelerando
Loud
Forte
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Raise a pitch by one half step
Sharp
Smoothly
Legato
Little by little
Poco a poco
Gradually get slower
Ritardando
Very soft
Pianissimo
b
Lower a pitch by one half step
Flat
Gradually get louder
Crescendo
All singing the same pitch
Unison
Return to the original tempo
A tempo
Medium loud
Mezzo forte
Cancels sharps and flats
Natural
Without accompaniment
A cappella
Strongly accented
Sforzando
Italian abbreviation for "gradually get faster"
accel.
The louds and softs in music are called what?
Dynamics
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Emphasis on a particular noteAccent
All together
Tutti
Very slow
Largo