Vocab Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
pianissimo
A
pp
very soft
2
Q
piano
A
p
soft
3
Q
mezzo piano
A
mp
medium soft
4
Q
mezzo forte
A
mf
medium loud
5
Q
crescendo
A
<
gradually get louder
6
Q
decrescendo
A
> gradually get softer
7
Q
diminuendo
A
dim.
gradually get softer
8
Q
subito
A
sub.
suddenly
9
Q
tempo
A
speed
10
Q
ritardando
A
Rit.
get slower
11
Q
rallentando
A
rall.
get slower
12
Q
rubato
A
rub.
slow down expressively
13
Q
molto ritardando
A
molto rit.
get a lot slower
14
Q
poco ritardando
A
poco rit
get a little slower
15
Q
accelerando
A
accel.
get faster
16
Q
a tempo
A
return to og speed
17
Q
fermata
A
hold
18
Q
caesura
A
//
stop
19
Q
articulation
A
style
20
Q
legato
A
smooth
21
Q
staccato
A
disconnected, short
22
Q
accent
A
> punched note
23
Q
tie
A
combine the length of two(same pitch)
24
Q
slur
A
smoothly connect between 2+ pitches
25
sforzando
sfz
big accent
26
tenuto
_
give full length(press)
27
unison
unis.
same pitches/rhythm
28
syncopation
note that falls off beat
29
dipthong
words with more than one vowel sound
30
chromatic
movement by half steps
31
da capo al fine
D.C. al fine
Go back to the beginning and sing until “fine”
32
Da capo al coda
D.C. al coda
Go back to the beginning and sing until the Coda sign then jump to Coda
33
Dal segno al fine
D.S. al fine
Go back to the sign and sing until “fine”
34
Dal segno al coda
D.S. al coda
Go back to the sign and sing until coda sign then jump to coda
