Music Index Flashcards by Jake Rattcliff

Q

Accel (accelerando)

A

Increase speed gradually

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Double bar

A

End of music, phrase or time signature

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Adagio

A

Very slowly

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Ad lib

A

Improvise, fake it

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Allegretto

A

Fast (not as fast as allegro

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Allegro

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Fast

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Andante

A

Very slowly

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Andantino

A

Slow but faster than andante

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Animato

A

Animated

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Con spirito

A

With spirit

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Crescendo

A

Gradual volume increase

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Diminuendo

A

Gradual volume decrease

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D.C da capo

A

Back to the beginning

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S.C al fine

A

Go back to the beginning to fine then stop

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Alla breve

A

Cut time

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Dolce

A

Sweetly

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Expressio

A

Expressive

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f Forte

A

Loud

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ff fortissimo

A

Very loud

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Glissando

A

Slide down from one note to the next

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Grandioso

A

Grandly

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Largetti

A

Broadly

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Largo

A

Broadly, slower than largetto

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Legato

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Smoothly, connected

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Lento

A

Slow

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Mf mezzo forte

A

Moderately loud

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Meno mosso

A

With less speed than before

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pp Pianissimo

A

Very soft in volume

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p piano

A

Soft in volume

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Piu mosso

A

Faster than before

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Poco a poco

A

Litle by litle

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Presto

A

Quickly

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Prestissimo

A

Very quickly

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Retardando

A

Retard speed, go slower

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Rubato

A

Not in strict time

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A tempo

A

Back to strict time

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Tempo di marcio

A

March tempo

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Tempo de valse

A

Waltz tempo

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Rallentando

A

Gradually slower

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Formata

A

Longer note than usual

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Vivace

A

Lively, fast

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Poco mosso

A

A steady place slower than before

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Tenuto

A

Hold a little

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Vibrato

A

Bend string slightly

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Staccato

A

Shortly and distinctly played

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Forzando

A

Attack and decay

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Portamento

A

Glide from note to note

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D.S alcado

A

Return to sign

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Coda

A

Ending of piece of music

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Cadenza

A

An improvised passage at the end of music, usually a solo

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Mp mezzo piano

A

Soft volume, louder than piano