MUSIC TERMS
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31 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 LENTO | Slowly |
| LARGO | Slow and stately |
| ADAGIO | Leisurely |
| ANDANTE | At a walking pace |
| ALLEGRO | Fast |
| VIVACE | Lively |
| PRESTO | Very quickly |
| CRESCENDO | Gradually becoming louder |
| ƒƒ | Fortissimo meaning very loud |
| FORTISSIMO | Very Loud |
| ƒ | Forte meaning Loud |
| FORTE | Loud |
| mƒ | Mezzoforte meaning moderately loud |
| MEZZOFORTE | Moderately Loud |
| mp | Mezzopiano meaning moderately soft |
| MEZZOPIANO | Moderately Soft |
| p | Piano meaning soft |
| piano | Soft |
| pp | Pianissimo meaning very soft |
| PIANISSIMO | Very soft |
| DECRESCENDO | Becoming gradually softer |
| 4 4 | Time signature |
| CROCHET | 1 beat for the note |
| SEMIBREVE | Note is held for 4 beats when played |
| SEMIBREVE REST | 4 beats of silence |
| TREBLE CLEF | Symbol for the right hand to play from middle C up on the keyboard |
| BASE CLEF | Symbol for the left hand to play from middle C down on the keyboard |
| QUAVER | note is held for one half a beat when played |
| SHARP | # A sharpened note has been raised by a semitone (half a note) |
| DOTTED NOTE | . A dot put next to a note will add half the value of the note it is next to. |
| DEMISEMIQUAVER | ... Is a 1/32 note, it is played for 1/32 of the duration of a whole note |
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