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8va: play note an octave above as written
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a tempo: return to base tempo
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Accelerando (accel.): speed up
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Adagio: slow and stately
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Allegro: fast and bright
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Andante: walking speed (not fast)
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Bass Clef: When the note F is placed on the fourth line of the staff
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Coda: sign taking the form of an slashed "s" with a dot on either side
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Con: with
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Crescendo (< or cres.): gradually get louder
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D.S. al coda: return to a place in the music designated by the coda and continue until directed to move to the coda, a separate ending section
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D.S. al fine: return to the coda and play to the end
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Descendo (> or desc.): gradually get softer
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Drag: unintentional slowing down
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End sign: a double line at the end of a piece
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Forte (f): loud
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Fortissimo (FF): very loud
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Grave: slow and solemn
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Largo: very slow
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meno: less
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Mezzo Forte (mf): medium loud
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Mezzo Piano (mp): medium soft
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Moderato: moderatly
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Molto: very
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Muriendo (mur.): die away (softer and slower)
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Pianissimo (pp): very soft
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Piano (p): soft
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Piu mosso: faster
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Poco: a little
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poco a poco: little by little
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Prestissimo: Extremely fast
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Presto: Very fast
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Repeat sign: a double line with two dots, return to either the beginning of the piece or another repeat sign
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Ritardando (rit.): slower
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Rubato: no marked tempo, free expression of player
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Rush: unintentional speeding up
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slur: play notes within slur without seperation
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Tempo: speed (pace) of a piece of music
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Tie: play two tied notes as one unboken note
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Time signature: refers to number of beats in measure and what note recieves one beat
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Treble Clef: When the note G is placed on the second line of the staff
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Vivace: lively and fast