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Grade 1 Music Theory
Italian Terms
Question | Answer |
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a tempo | return to the original tempo |
accelerando | getting gradually quicker |
adagio | slow |
allegretto | moderately fast |
allegro | fast |
andante | at a walking pace |
cantabile | in a singing style |
crescendo | getting gradually louder |
da capo | repeat from the beginning |
decrescendo | getting gradually quieter |
diminuendo | getting gradually softer |
dolce | sweetly, soft |
dim | getting gradually softer |
descresc | getting gradually quieter |
D.C. | repeat from the beginning |
cresc | getting gradually louder |
f | loud |
forte | loud |
ff | very loud |
fortissimo | very loud |
fine | end |
al fine | to the end |
legato | smoothly |
mf | moderately loud |
mezzo forte | moderately loud |
moderato | at a moderate pace |
mp | moderately soft |
mezzo piano | moderately soft |
p | softly |
piano | softly |
pp | very softly |
pianissimo | very softly |
rallentando | gradually getting slower |
rall | getting gradually slower |
ritardando | getting gradually slower |
rit | getting gradually slower |
staccato | short and detached |
stacc | short and detached |