Questions and Answers
What does 'Rallentando (rall.)' mean in musical terms?
Gradually getting slower
Which term describes playing music in a 'singing style'?
Cantabile
What is the musical term for 'moderately soft'?
Mezzo piano
Which term means 'quick, lively'?
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What is the meaning of 'Pesante' in musical notation?
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Which term stands for 'gradually getting louder'?
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Study Notes
Intervals and Scales
- There are two main types of intervals: Major and Minor.
- Notes in a scale are a tone apart, except for the ones with a semitone, which are semitone apart.
Musical Terms
Tempo
- Accelerando (accel.): Gradually getting faster
- Adagio: Slow
- Allegretto: Fairly quick
- Allegro: Quick, lively
- Andante: At a walking pace
- A tempo: At the original speed
Volume and Intensity
- Crescendo (cresc.): Gradually getting louder
- Decrescendo (decresc.): Gradually getting softer
- Forte: Loud
- Fortissimo (ff): Very loud
- Mezzo forte (mf): Moderately loud
- Mezzo piano (mp): Moderately soft
- Piano (p): Soft, quiet
- Pianissimo (pp): Very soft
Articulation and Expression
- Cantabile: In a singing style
- Espressivo: Expressive
- Grazioso: Graceful
- Legato: Smooth
- Marcato (marc.): Emphatic, accented
- Nobilmente: Nobly
- Pesante: Heavy
- Sforzando (sfz): Accented, forced
- Staccato (stacc.): Detached, short
Other Terms
- Largamente: Broadly
- Largo: Slow, stately
- Lento: Slow
- Maestoso: Majestic
- Meno: Less
- Molto: Very, much
- Mosso: With movement, animated
- Più: More
- Pizzicato (pizz.): Plucked
- Poco: Little
- Presto: Fast
- Rallentando (rall.): Gradually getting slower
- Ritenuto (rit.): Held back
- Sempre: Always
- Tacet: Silent
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