Quizlet Musical Terms

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  1. 8va: play note an octave above as written
  2. a tempo: return to base tempo
  3. Accelerando (accel.): speed up
  4. Adagio: slow and stately
  5. Allegro: fast and bright
  6. Andante: walking speed (not fast)
  7. Bass Clef: When the note F is placed on the fourth line of the staff
  8. Coda: sign taking the form of an slashed "s" with a dot on either side
  9. Con: with
  10. Crescendo (< or cres.): gradually get louder
  11. 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
  12. D.S. al fine: return to the coda and play to the end
  13. Descendo (> or desc.): gradually get softer
  14. Drag: unintentional slowing down
  15. End sign: a double line at the end of a piece
  16. Forte (f): loud
  17. Fortissimo (FF): very loud
  18. Grave: slow and solemn
  19. Largo: very slow
  20. meno: less
  21. Mezzo Forte (mf): medium loud
  22. Mezzo Piano (mp): medium soft
  23. Moderato: moderatly
  24. Molto: very
  25. Muriendo (mur.): die away (softer and slower)
  26. Pianissimo (pp): very soft
  27. Piano (p): soft
  28. Piu mosso: faster
  29. Poco: a little
  30. poco a poco: little by little
  31. Prestissimo: Extremely fast
  32. Presto: Very fast
  33. Repeat sign: a double line with two dots, return to either the beginning of the piece or another repeat sign
  34. Ritardando (rit.): slower
  35. Rubato: no marked tempo, free expression of player
  36. Rush: unintentional speeding up
  37. slur: play notes within slur without seperation
  38. Tempo: speed (pace) of a piece of music
  39. Tie: play two tied notes as one unboken note
  40. Time signature: refers to number of beats in measure and what note recieves one beat
  41. Treble Clef: When the note G is placed on the second line of the staff
  42. Vivace: lively and fast