MUSICAL TERMS
Accelerando
Accidental Accompaniment Adagio Al coda Allegro Allegro non troppo Andante Arpeggio Bar line Cadenza Chord Chromatic Scale Clef Coda Common time Con Con Brio Crescendo Crotchet Cut common time Dal Segno DC De Capo Decrescendo Demisemiquaver Diminuendo Dotted crotchet Dotted quaver Double bar DS Dynamics Enharmonic Flat Forte Fortissimo Giocoso Interval Largo Ledger Lines Lento Major chord Mezzo Forte Mezzo Piano Minim Minor chord Moderato Modulation Molto Natural Opus Pianissimo Piano Poco a poco Presto Primo Quaver Rallantando Rhythm Ritard Root Scale Semibreve Semiquaver Sempre Senza Sforzando Sharp Solo Subito Syncopation Tacet Tempo Tempo primo Tone Tonic Triad Trill Triplet Tutti Un poco Vibrato Virtuoso |
gradually play faster
a symbol indicating a sharp or flat note the backing part to a solo slow to the coda fast not too fast walking tempo the notes of a chord played one after another not at the same time the vertical lline on a stave that splits the music into individual bars a solo passage - sometimes improvised 3 or more notes played simoultaneously a scale where each note is a semitone different to the one before the symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that indicates the pitch an end section to a piece of music 4/4 time with with movement gradually get louder a note one beat long 2/4 or march time repeat from the sign go back to the beginning - short for de capo go back to the beginning gradually get quieter a note a sixteenth of a beat long gradually get quieter a note that is one and a half beats long a note that is three quaters of a beat long two vertical lines together on the stave that indicate the end of the piece or section dal segno - repeat from the sign how loud or quiet to play notes of the same pitch with different names such as A sharp & B flat a note that is a semitone lower than a note in its natural form loud very loud playful the difference in pitch between two notes very slow short horizontal lines above or below the stave that notes higher or lower than the stave are written on slow a chord made up of a root note of a scale and the major third and perfect fifth notes of the same scale moderately loud moderately quiet a note two beats long a chord made up of a root note of a scale and the minor third and perfect fifth notes of the same scale moderately changing from one key to another very a note that is not sharp or flat. a natural symbol cancels out a previous flat or sharp symbol work very quiet quiet little by little very quick first a note half a beat long gradually slow down the pattern of the music with regards to the lengths of the notes drop to a slower speed straightaway and maintain that slow tempo the first note of a chord or scale a series of notes going up or down a note four beats long a note a quarter of a beat long always without sudden hard accent on a note or chord a note that is a semitone higher than the note in its natural form to play on your own or to play the main melody straightaway or suddenly an accent not on the normal/expected beat be silent - do not play anything the speed to play at the first tempo a note the first note of a key a chord of 3 notes a rapid alternation between two notes close in pitch a group of 3 notes equal in time to two notes of that type. for example a quaver triplet is 3 notes played in the space of 2 = 2 x 1/2 beat = 1 beat everyone plays a little a rapid variation in pitch creating a tremulous effect a brilliant and versatile performer |
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