Florida Vocal Association All-State Musicianship Middle School Terms 2019-20 Edition [unofficial]

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A cappella
Without accompaniment
A tempo
Return to the original tempo
Accelerando
Becoming faster
Adagio
Slow, leisurely tempo
Allegro
Lively, fast tempo
Andante
Walking tempo
Accent Mark
An emphasis on a particular note
Chord
3 or more notes sounded together
Coda
An additional ending
Crescendo
Gradually louder
Dal Segno
Return to the sign
Decrescendo
Gradually softer
Divisi
Performers singing the same part are divided to sing different parts
Dolce
Sweetly
Dynamics
Degrees of loud and soft
Fermata
Hold
Fine
The end
First Ending
Flat
Lowers the pitch by 1⁄2 step
Forte
loud
Fortissimo
very loud
Interval
The distance between two pitches
Largo
Very slow tempo
Legato
Smoothly
Marcato
marked, stressed
Metronome Marking
Mezzo Forte
Medium loud
Mezzo Piano
Medium soft
Moderato
Moderate tempo
Molto
Very much, a lot
Natural
Cancels flats and sharps
No breath
Phrase
A complete musical thought
Piano
Soft
Pianissimo
Very soft
Piu
More
Poco a Poco
Little by little
Presto
Very fast tempo
Rallentando
Gradually slowing down (rall.)
Repeat
Ritardando
Gradually slowing down (rit.)
Sforzando
Strongly accented
Sharp
Raises the pitch by 1⁄2 step
Slur
A curved line joining 2 or more notes of different pitches
Staccato
Short and detached
Subito
Suddenly
Tenuto
Fully sustained
Tie
Curved line joining two notes of the same pitch
Tutti
All Together
Unison
All singing the same pitch
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