Tempi
Articulation
Dynamics
Terms
Other Symbols
100
Walking speed
What is Andante
100
short and detached
What is staccato
100
loud
What is Forte
100

Da Capo literally translates to

The Head

100

This marking tells you to breath or retake your bow

What is a Breath Mark.

200
Slow and broad
What is Largo
200
smooth and connected
What is legato
200
Medium soft
What is Mezzo Piano
200
Gradually getting slower
What is Ritardando (rit.)
200
This symbol (drawn on the board) tells the singer to gradually get louder.
What is a Crescendo (cresc.)
300
Lively, rather quickly
What is Allegro
300

Bouncing off the string

Spiccato

300
Very loud
What is Fortissimo
300

An added ending of a piece. A tail piece

What is a Coda

300

This symbol (drawn on the board) tells musician to stop completely.

What is a Caesura

400
gradually get faster
What is accelerando
400
Connects two of the same notes
What is a Tie
400
Medium loud
What is Mezzo Forte
400

Solve: 2 tied Quarters + Whole - Half + Dotted Quarter =

5.5 beats
400

This symbol (drawn on the board) tells you to hold until the conductor indicates.

What is a Fermata

500

To gradually slow down

What is Ritardando

500
Connect two different notes
What is a Slur
500
Gradually get quieter
What is Decrescendo
500

What does the top number tell us in a time signature?

beats per measure

500
This symbol (drawn on the board) tells the singer to go back and sing a section of the music again.
What is a Repeat Sign