Articulation
Dynamics
Tempo
Fancy Italian Words
Miscellaneous
100

To sing short and detached

What is Staccato?

100
Loud

What is forte?

100

To slow down

What is ritardando?

100

To hold a note until the conductor cuts it off

What is a fermata?

100

When three or more notes are sung/played together

What is a chord?
200

To sing smooth and connected

What is legato?
200

Very soft

What is pianisimo?

200

To speed up

What is accelerando?
200

A word that means "the end"

What is fine?

200

When everyone sings the same pitch

What is unison?

300

An emphasis on a particular note

What is an accent?

300
The definition of molto crescendo

To gradually get louder, but more dramatic/exaggerated

300

The definition of allegro

What is a lively, fast tempo?

300

The definition of dolce

What is sweetly?

300

This symbol lowers the pitch by half a step

What is a flat?

400

A complete musical thought

What is a phrase?

400
The definition of subito piano

What is to suddenly get soft?

400

A moderate tempo marking

What is Moderato?


400

To the sign

What is dal segno?
400

This symbol cancels sharps and flats

What is a natural?

500
The definition of tenuto

What is fully sustained?

500

Strongly accented

What is sfzorzando?

500

A slow, leisurely tempo

What is Adagio?

500
To sing all together

What is tutti?

500

The rule for notes longer than 1 beat in music

What is "they must do something/get loduer or softer"?