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1
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a tempo

A

return to the original tempo

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accelerando

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accelerate, gradually faster

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accidental

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a sharp, flat or natural written before a note

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adagio

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slowly

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allargando

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broadening; gradually slower

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allegro

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fast, quick, cheerfully, merrily

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allegretto

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slightly slower than Allegro; faster than Andante

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andante

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walking tempo

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andantino

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slightly faster than andante(Some composers use it to mean slower than andante)

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animato

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animated; with spirit

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articulation

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the manner in which notes are executed, including, but not limited to, staccato and legato

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arpeggio

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notes of a chord played in succession(broken)

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cantabile

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in a singing style

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coda

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an extended ending

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codetta

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a coda at the end of an exposition

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con

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with

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con brio

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with vigor or spirit(with brilliance)

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con fuoco

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with fire or fury

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con moto

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with motion

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crescendo

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gradually louder

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D.C. al fine

A

Go back to the beginning of the piece, and play until the word fine

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damper pedal

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the piano pedal located on the right, used for sustaining the notes

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decrescendo or diminuendo

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gradually softer

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dolce

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sweetly

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doloroso

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sadly; sorrowfully

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enharmonic

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two different names for the same pitch, such as C# and Db

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espressivo

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expressively

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fine

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the end

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forte

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loud

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fortissimo

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very loud

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fortississimo

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very, very loud

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forte-piano

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loud followed immediately by soft

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fermata

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hold the note longer than its value

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giocoso

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merrily, with humor

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gracioso

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gracefully

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hemiola

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a shift of the rhythmic pulse from a division of 2 to a division of 3

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largo

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very slowly

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legato

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connected

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leggiero

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lightly, delicately

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lento

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slowly

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m.d. mano destra

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use the right hand

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m.s. mano sinistra

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use the left hand

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marcato

A

stressed, marked

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meno

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less

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meno mosso

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less motion; slower

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mezzo forte

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medium loud

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mezzo piano

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medium soft

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moderato

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a moderate or medium tempo

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molto

A

much; very

50
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Opus

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A word used to indicate the chronological order in which a composer’s music was written

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Parallel Major/minor

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Major and minor keys with the same letter names (such as C major and c minor)

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piano

A

soft

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pianissimo

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very soft

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pianississimo

A

very, very soft

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pesante

A

heavily

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phrase

A

a musical sentence, often four measure long

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piu

A

more

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piu mosso

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more motion, faster

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poco

A

little

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presto

A

very fast

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rallentando

A

gradually slower

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Relative Major and minor

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Major and minor keys which have the same key signature

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ritardando (ritard., rit.,)

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slowly down gradually

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ritenuto

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immediately slower

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robusto

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robustly, boldly

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rubato

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“robbed time;” the practice of varying the rhythm of a phrase by slowing or rushing the music

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scherzando

A

playfully, jokingly

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sempre

A

always

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senza

A

without

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sforzando

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a sudden, sharp accent

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smorzando

A

dying away

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simile

A

continue in the same style

73
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spiritoso

A

spirited; with spirit

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sostenuto

A

sustained

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sotto voce

A

in a low voice

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staccato

A

play crisply or detached

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subito

A

suddenly; at once

78
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syncopation

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a momentary contradiction of the meter

79
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tempo

A

the speed at which to play the music

80
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tenuto

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hold the note for its full value; may also mean to play the note with a slight accent

81
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toccata

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a virtuoso piece common during the Baroque Period, written in free style with many scales and rapid passages

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tranquillo

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tranquilly, peacefully, calmly

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tre corde

A

release the una corda pedal(soft pedal; left pedal)u

84
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una corda (U.C.)

A

press the left or soft pedal

85
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vivace

A

quick, lively

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vivo

A

brisk, lively

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