Advanced Rudiments
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jinksmysteryman on August 23, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cédez | yield; hold the tempo back |
| léger | light; lightly |
| lentement | slowly |
| modéré | at a moderate tempo |
| mouvement | tempo; motion |
| vite | fast |
| bewegt | moving |
| langsam | slow; slowly |
| mässig | moderate; moderately |
| mit Ausdruck | with expression |
| sehr | very |
| schnell | fast |
| ad libitum. ad lib. | at the liberty of the performer |
| agitato | agitated |
| allargando, allarg. | broadening, becoming slower |
| arco | for stringed instruments: resume bowing after a pizzicato passage |
| attacca | proceed without a break |
| calando | becoming slower and softer |
| comodo | at a comfortable, easy tempo |
| con fuoco | with fire |
| con grazia | with grace |
| con sordino | with mute |
| dolente | sad |
| giocoso | humorous, jocose |
| grandioso | grand grandiose |
| largamente | broadly |
| l'istesso tempo | the same tempo |
| martellato | strongly accented, hammered |
| mesto | sad, mournful |
| morendo | dying, fading away |
| pesante | weighty, with emphasis |
| pizzicato | for stringed instruments: pluck the string instead of bowing |
| primo, prima | first; the upper part of a duet |
| quindicesima alta(15 ma) | two octaves higher |
| risoluto | resolute |
| ritenuto, riten. | suddenly slower, held back |
| scherzando | playful |
| secondo, seconda | second: second or lower part of a duet |
| semplice | simple |
| sforzando | a sudden strong accent of a single note or chord |
| simile | continue in the same manner |
| sonore | sonorous |
| sopra | above |
| sostenuto | sustained |
| sotto voce | soft subdued, under the breath |
| stringendo | pressing, becoming faster |
| subito | suddenly |
| tacet | be silent |
| tutti | a passage for the ensemble |
| vivo | lively |
| volta | time |
| volti subito. v.s. | turn the page quickly |
| cluster | a chord consisting of at least three adjacent notes of a scale |
| polychord | a combination of two or more different chords |
| quartal chord | a chord built on a series of 4ths |
| seventh chord | a chord consisting of a root, a third, a fifth, and a seventh |
| triad | a chord consisting of a root, a third, and a fifth |
| repetition | playing the same passage of music twice |
| sequence | several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys |
| imitation | melodic idea presented in one voice and then restated in another, each part continuing as others enter. |
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