Music Terminology
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penguin30 on December 7, 2010
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orchestra vocabulary, music terms
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79 terms
Italian | Sundanese |
|---|---|
 Rit.-Ritard | to slow down |
| A Tempo | to return to the original or previous tempo |
| Accel.-Accelerando | gradually faster |
| Meno Mosso | Less motion, slower |
| Poco piu mosso | little more motion, quicker |
| Rall.-Rallentando | gradually slower |
| Rubato | a flexible tempo with slight accelerandos and ritardandos |
| String.-Stringendo | accelerating |
| Allargando | gradually slower |
| L'istesso tempo | same tempo |
| Grave | slow, solemn |
| Largo | broadly |
| Adagio | slowly, leisurely, at ease |
| Andante | moderately slow, walking |
| Moderato | moderately |
| Allegretto | light and cheerful, a little slower than allegro |
| Allegro | fast, cheerful |
| Vivace | lively, quick |
| Presto | very fast |
| Prestissimo | as fast as possible |
| descresc.-Decrescendo | gradual decreasing in loudness |
| cresc.-Crescendo | gradual increase in loudness |
| Dim.-Diminuendo | gradually softer |
| ff-Fortissimo | very loud |
| f-Forte | loud |
| mf-Mezzo-forte | moderately loud |
| mp-Mezzo-piano | Moderately soft |
| p-Piano | soft |
| pp-Pianissimo | very soft |
| mor.-Morendo | dying away in tone and time |
| sp-subito piano | suddenly soft |
| Piu forte | more loud |
| Staccato | short |
| legato | smooth |
| dol.-Dolce | sweetly |
| Pesante | heavy |
| Maestoso | majestic |
| Marcato | accented |
| Leggiero | lightly, delicately |
| Pizzicato | pluck |
| Arco | Bow |
| sfz.-Sforzando | accent with sudden emphasis |
| espress.-Epressivo | with expression |
| Detache | strong, articulated bow stroke |
| Tremolo | repeated, fast bow stroke |
| Spiccato | bouncing bow stroke |
| Ricochet | a bounce stroke all in one bow |
| Sul Ponticello | by the bridge |
| Sul Tasto | by the fingerboard |
| Sordino | mute |
| Con Sordino | with mute |
| Senza Sordino | without mute |
| col legno | play with the stick of the bow |
| D.C.- Da capo | repeat from the beginning |
| D.S.-Dal Segno | Repeat from the sign |
| Coda | End portion of piece, concluding passage |
| D.S. al Coda | Repeat from the sign and jump to the concluding passage |
| Fine | End |
| D.C. al Fine | Repeat from the beginning until the Fine (end) mark |
| Time Signature | how many beats in a measure, what kind of note gets a beat |
| Key Signature | the sharps and flats or lack of thereof at the beginning of each line |
| Enharmonic | two names for the same note i.e. A# is the same as Bb |
| Sharp | raises the pitch a half step |
| Flat | Lowers the pitch a half step |
| Natural | returns the note back from a sharp or a flat |
| natural half steps | natural half steps fall between E & F, and B & C |
| Poco | little |
| Poco a Poco | little by little |
| Con | with |
| Con Brio | with life |
| V.S.-volti subito | turn the page fast |
| Tacet | Silent, do not play |
| G.P.-Grand Pause | a rest for the entire orchestra |
| attaca | go right on without pause |
| Tutti | everyone |
| Solo | one player, or voice |
| Soli | section solo |
| Segue | play the following movement without a break ` |
| vamp | repeat chordal pattern |
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