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Musical Glossary
Accelerando (accel.) - Gradually getting faster
Accent - Emphasis on a note
Adagio - slow tempo (slower than andante, but faster than largo)
Allargando - gradually slowing and with more power
Allegretto - moderately fast, slightly slower than allegro
Alleluia - expressing praise to god
Amen - Hebrew for "so be it"
Andante - moderate walking tempo
Animato - animated, lively
A Tempo - return to the original tempo
Cantabile - in a singing style
Con - with
Crescendo (cresc.) - gradually getting louder
Decrescendo (decres.) - gradually getting softer
Diminuendo (dim.) - gradually getting softer
Dolce - sweetly
Enharmonic - different spellings for the same tone (ex. Bb and A#)
Fermata - to hold a note longer than the printed value
Fine - a term indicating the end of a composition or movement,
especially after a partial repeat
Forte - loud
Fuoco (usually con fuoco) - with fire, with passion
Giocoso - humorous
Gioioso - joyful
Grandioso - in a grand manner
Grazioso - gracefully
Largo - veryslow tempo, slower than lento, faster than grave
Legato - smooth and connected
Lento - slow tempo
Maestoso - majestic
Marcato - emphatic, not quite accented, but distinct
Meno - less
Mezzo - medium or moderate (ex. Mezzo forte)
Moderato - moderate tempo
Morendo - becoming gradually slower and softer, dying away, fading
Mosso - rapid, animated
Moto - motion, movement
Piano - soft
Piu - more
Poco - little
Presto - very fast tempo, faster than allegro
Rallentando (rall.) - gradually getting slower
Ritardando (rit., ritard.) - gradually getting slower
Rubato - flexible tempo
Sempre - always
Senza - without
Sforzando - (sfz) sudden loud accent
Sostenuto - sustaining the pitch slightly beyond its value
Spiritoso - spirited, lively
Staccato - detached
Subito - suddenly
Syncopation - musical accent on a weak beat
Tacet - without sound
Tenuto - hold or sustain a note for its full value
Tutti - the full ensemble or section, as opposed to a solo
Unison - performing the same notes together
Vivace - quick, lively tempo
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