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Music Vocabulary Flashcards

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Dynamics

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Crescendo: increasing to loud (ff)
Decrescendo: decrease to soft (pp)

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Adagio

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Slow

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Andante

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Walking Pace

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Moderato

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Moderately

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Allegro

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Fast, quick, bright

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Accelerando

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Gradually getting faster

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Presto

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Very Fast

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pp

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Pianissimo, very soft

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p

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Piano, soft

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mp

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Mezzo piano, moderately soft

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mf

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Mezzo forte, moderately loud

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f

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Forte, loud

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13
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ff

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Fortissimo, very loud

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Rit.

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Ritardando, gradually getting slower

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15
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Syncopation

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Beats played inbetween main beats. Played on the ‘+’

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