Terms & Explanation

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1. accelrando

Getting gradually faster. Becoming more and more faster.

2. adagio

Very Slow and calm tempo. Faster than largo. Slower than andante.

3. Allegro

fast, cheerful
4. Andante

walking speed, moderately slow

5. Diminuendo..............................dim.

Becoming gradually softer
6. Legato

play or sing group of notes without seperate attacks, very smoothly

7. Largo

very slow, broad

8. Mode

The words meaning is "system". Modes are the ancient "keys" common in western music till the end of the Middle Ages, a time when European music became more and more based solely on the major and the minor, two of the ancient modes called Ionic and Aeolian

9. Major

The best known diatonic scale. Played in the white keys of any keyboard from c to the next c

10. Minor

A common scale played on the white keys of the keyboard from the note A to the next A (natural minor), and there are developments of this scale, the harmonic and melodic minor
11. Staccato

Short, measured notes, unattached to each other (opposite of legato)

12. Sequence

A motif repeated over and over in a different pitch

13. Forte..............................f

Loud

14. Piano..............................p

Soft

15. Presto

Very fast

16. Crescendo..............................cresc.

Gradually sing or play louder

17. Ritardando

Gradually play slower, gradually slow down

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