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Term Definition % Correct
allegro fast
56%
andante moderately slow; at a walking pace
56%
accelerando becoming quicker
44%
adagio a slow tempo (between andante and largo)
39%
allegretto fairly fast (a little slower than allegro)
39%
a tempo return to the previous (not original) tempo
39%
accent stressed note or chord
33%
andantino a little faster than andante
28%
arco for stringed instruments: resume bowing after a pizzicato passage
28%
crescendo becoming louder
28%
decrescendo becoming softer (decresc.)
28%
diminuendo becoming softer (dim.)
28%
forte loud
28%
agitato agitated
22%
fortissimo very loud
22%
mezzo forte moderately loud
22%
mezzo piano moderately soft
22%
moderato at a moderate tempo
22%
piano soft
22%
ritardando slowing down (rit.)
22%
da capo from the beginning
17%
dolce sweet
17%
e and
17%
fine the end
17%
fortepiano loud, then suddenly soft
17%
molto much, very
17%
pianissimo very soft
17%
pizzicato for stringed instruments: pluck the string instead of bowing
17%
poco a poco little by little
17%
poco little
17%
allargando broadening, becoming slower
11%
animato lively; animated
11%
ben well
11%
cantabile in a singing style
11%
col to play with something (example: play with the wood of the bow)
11%
con pedale with pedal
11%
con sordino with mute
11%
dal segno from the sign
11%
espressivo expression, with expression
11%
fermata pause; hold note or rest longer than written value
11%
grave slow and solemn
11%
grazioso graceful
11%
larghetto not as slow as largo
11%
largo very slow and broad
11%
non not
11%
prestissimo as fast as possible
11%
presto very fast
11%
rallentando slowing down (rall.)
11%
sforzando a sudden strong accent of a single note or chord
11%
staccato sharply detached
11%
tempo speed at which music is performed
11%
vivace lively, brisk
11%
pentatonic scale a five note scale (one example is found on the black keys on the keyboard)
11%
blues scale a major scale in which the 3rd, the 7th, and sometimes the 5th degrees are lowered
6%
clusters chords consisting of a combination of at least three adjacent notes of any scale
6%
ad libitum at the liberty of the performer
6%
alla in the manner of
6%
assai much, very much
6%
attacca proceed without a break
6%
bewegt agitated, excited (in German)
6%
brillante brilliant
6%
cédez yield; hold the tempo back (in French)
6%
comodo at a comfortable, easy tempo
6%
con brio with vigour or spirit
6%
con espressione with expression
6%
con fuoco with fire
6%
con to play with a particular quality or effect
6%
grandioso grand, grandoise
6%
lentement slowly (in French)
6%
marcato marked or stressed
6%
meno less
6%
meno mosso less movement, slower
6%
mit with (in German)
6%
ottava the interval of an octave
6%
prima/primo first; the upper part of a duet
6%
rubato a flexible tempo using sight variations of speed to enhance musical expression
6%
seconda second; the lower part of a duet
6%
simile continue in the same matter as indicated
6%
subito suddenly
6%
tenuto held, sustained
6%
tutti a passage for the entire ensemble
6%
vite fast (in French)
6%
vivo lively
6%
slur play the notes legato (musical articulation)
6%
tie hold for the combined value of the notes (musical articulation)
6%
con grazia with grace
0%
con moto with movement
0%
dolente sad
0%
giocoso humorous, joyful
0%
langsam slow (in German)
0%
largamente broadly
0%
legato smoothly
0%
léger light, lightly (in French)
0%
leggerio light, nimble, quick
0%
lento slow
0%
l'istesso tempo the same tempo
0%
loco return to normal register
0%
maestoso majestic
0%
ma but
0%
mano destra right hand, (M.D.)
0%
mano sinistra left hand, (M.S.)
0%
martellato strongly accented, hammered
0%
mässig moderate, moderately (in German)
0%
mesto sad, mournful
0%
mit Ausdruck with expression (in German)
0%
M.M. metronome marking (Maelzel's Metronome)
0%
modéré at a moderate tempo (in French)
0%
morendo dying, fading away
0%
mouvement tempo, motion (in French)
0%
non troppo not too much
0%
pedale pedal
0%
pesante weighty, with emphasis
0%
piú more
0%
piú mosso more movement, quicker
0%
prima volta first time
0%
quasi almost, as if
0%
ritenudo suddenly slower, held back
0%
scherzando playful
0%
schnell fast (in German)
0%
seconda volta second time
0%
sehr very (in German)
0%
semplice simple
0%
sempre always, continuously
0%
senza without
0%
sonore sonorous
0%
sostenuto sustained
0%
sotto voce softly, subdued, under the breath
0%
strepitoso boisterous, noisy
0%
stringendo pressing, becoming faster
0%
tacet be silent
0%
Tempo primo return to the original (not previous) tempo
0%
tranquillo quiet, tranquill
0%
tre corde three strings: release the left piano pedal (soft pedal)
0%
troppo too much
0%
una corda one string; press the left piano pedal (soft pedal)
0%
volta time
0%
volta subito turn the page quickly
0%
octatonic scale an eight note scale consisting of a alternation of tones and semitones
0%
polychords a combination of two of more chords
0%
quartal chords chords built on a series of 4ths
0%
seventh chords chords consisting of a root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th
0%
triad chord consisting of a root, 3rd, and 5th
0%
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