| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Accelerando (accel.) | gradually faster |
| Accent (>) | sharply attack the note and then back off |
| Allargando | gradually slower and broader |
| Allegro | rapid and lively |
| Andante | moderately slow but moving |
| Animato | spirited |
| A Tempo (Tempo I, tempo primo) | return to original tempo |
| Cantabile | in a singing style |
| Coda | the final added measures of a musical composition |
| Crescendo (cresc.) | gradually get louder |
| Da Capo (D.C.) | back to the beginning |
| D.C. Fine | back to the beginning and end at the Fine |
| Dal Segno (D.S.) | go back to the sign |
| Decrescendo (decresc.) | gradually get softer |
| Diminuendo (dim.) | gradually get softer |
| D.S. Al Coda | go back to the sign and play to the Coda |
| D.S. Al Fine | go back to the sign and play till the Fine |
| Divisi (div.) | divide into parts |
| Dolce | sweetly or in a singing style |
| Energico | with energy or very lively |
| Expressivo | express or make the passage sing |
| Forte (f) | loud |
| Forte Piano (fp) | sting the note and then immediatley play softly |
| Forzando (sfz) | forcefully accented |
| Grandioso | play in a grand or noble style, usually slower |
| Larghetto | very slow but not as slow as Largo |
| Largo | very slow |
| Legato | smooth, connected and sustained |
| Maestoso | majestically |
| Marcato (^) | a short and compact accent, punch out note |
| Meno | less |
| Meno Mosso | less motion or movement, go a little bit slower |
| Mezzo | medium |
| mf, f, ff, fff | need to know order of loudness markings (softest to loudest) |
| Moderato | medium speed |
| Molto | very |
| Mosso | motion or movement |
| ppp,pp,p, mp | need to know order of softness markings (softest to loudest) |
| Piano (p) | soft |
| Piu | more |
| Piu Mosso | more motion or movement, go a bit faster |
| Pocco | little |
| Pocco a Pocco | little by little |
| Presto | very fast |
| Rallentando (rall.) | gradually slower |
| Ritard or Ritardando | gradually slow down |
| Rubato | no specific tempo, performer can speed up and slow at will |
| Simile | the same style or similar |
| Soli | a section or sections will have the melody line |
| Sostenuto | sustained |
| Staccato (.) | the length of the note is shorter than the full value |
| Stringendo | gradually faster |
| Subito (sub.) | suddenly |
| Tempo I, A tempo, Tempo Primo | original tempo |
| Jubilance | James Swearingen |
| Glorioso | Ed Huckeby |
| Portraits of Christmas | Arr. Warren Barker |
| Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah | George F. Handel/ Clair Johnson |
| Prelude and Energico | James Swearingen |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | John Berry |
| Fantasia 2000 | Arr. Jay Bocook |
| Sundance | Quincy Hillard |
| The Last to Defend | David Shaffer |
| Ancient Air and Dance | Eliot Del Borgo |
| Shenandoah | Frank Ticheli |
| The Star of Dreams | Robert W. Smith |
| New World Variations | David Shaffer |
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