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39 Cards in this Set
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accelerando (or accel.) |
gradually getting quicker |
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adagio |
slow |
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allegretto |
fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro) |
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allegro |
quick (literally 'cheerful') |
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andante |
at a medium ('walking') speed |
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cantabile |
in a singing style |
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crescendo (or cresc.) |
gradually getting louder |
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da capo (or D.C.) |
repeat from the beggining |
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dal segno (or D.S.) |
repeat from the sign |
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decrescendo (or decresc.) |
gradually getting quieter |
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diminuendo (or dim.) |
gradually getting quieter |
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fine |
the end |
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(= forte) |
loud |
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(= fortissimo) |
very loud |
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legato |
smoothly |
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lento |
slow |
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mezzo |
half |
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(= mezzo forte) |
moderately loud (literally 'half' loud) |
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(= mezzo piano) |
moderately quiet (literally 'half' quiet) |
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moderato |
moderately (allegro moderato: moderately quick) |
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(= piano) |
quiet |
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(= pianissimo) |
very quiet |
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poco |
a little |
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rallentando (or rall.) |
gradually getting slower |
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ritardando (or ritard. or rit.) |
gradually getting slower |
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ritenuto (or riten. or rit.) |
held back |
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staccato (or stacc.) |
detached |
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tempo |
speed, time (a tempo: in time) |
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= crescendo (gradually getting louder) |
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= decrescendo (gradually getting quieter) |
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over different notes = slur |
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8va |
= ottava (octave) |
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(over a note or notes): perform an octave higher |
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(under a note or notes): perform an octave lower |
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a dot over or under a note = staccato |
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over or under a note = accent |
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over or under a note = pause on note |
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repeat marks - at the second sign, go back to the first sign and repeat the music from there (the first sign is left out is the music is repeated from the beginning) |
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72 crotchet (quarter-note) beats in a minute (M.M. is short for Maelzel's Metronome) |
