This tempo is played more quickly than largo but more slowly than andante.
What is adagio?
100
Sfz is the abbreviation for this musical term.
What is sforzando?
200
This term means strong and separated.
What is marcato?
200
The symbol of this term is a circle with a cross through its center.
What is a coda?
200
If a performer sees ff (fortissimo) written in their music, they know to play their music in this manner.
What is very loud(ly)?
200
This is the Italian term meaning "gradually faster."
What is accelerando?
200
This musical term is indicated with two lines that are sometimes known as "railroad tracks."
What is a caesura?
300
This is the Italian word meaning "always."
What is sempre?
300
This is the ending section of a piece of music.
What is the coda?
300
This is the Italian word meaning "suddenly strong and forceful."
What is sforzando?
300
A ritardando asks the musician to do this to the tempo.
What is gradually slow it down?
300
This Italian word is abbreviated "rit." in music.
What is ritardando?
400
The translation of the Italian word "molto."
What is more?
400
When the performer sees "D.C.," he or she would go back to this place in the music.
What is the beginning?
400
This is the Italian word meaning "suddenly."
What is subito?
400
This is the Italian term for "motion" or "movement."
What is mosso?
400
"Sub." is the abbreviation for this term.
What is subito?
500
This term means "full and sustained."
What is sostenuto?
500
This is the marking a composer would use if he or she wanted the performer to go back to the sign, then sing until "fine."
What is D.S. al Fine?
500
A forte piano (fp) indicates that the music should be played in this way.
What is loud then suddenly soft?
500
If the composer wants the performer to return to the original tempo, he or she would write this term in the music.
What is a tempo?
500
If a composer wanted the performer to return to the symbol containing a line, two dots, and a slanted "S," this is the abbreviation he or she would use.