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Accent

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Play the note louder than the others

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A Tempo

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Return to the original tempo

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Accelerando

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Accelerate, gradually faster

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Accidentals

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Sharps, flats, or naturals written before the notes (not in key signature)

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Adagio

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Slowly.

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Allargrando

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Broadening, gradually slower

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Allegro

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Fast and quick.

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Allegretto

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Slightly slower than allegro, faster than andante

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Andante

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A moderate walking tempo

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Andantino

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Slightly faster than Andante

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Animato

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Animated, with spirit

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Appoggiatura

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Used mainly in music of the Classical Period. Play the first note as half the value of the second note

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Arpeggio

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A continuous broken chord

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Atonality

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No specific key or tonality

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Articulation

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The manner in which notes are executed

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Bitonality

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The use of two different keys at the same time

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Canon

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A strict form of contrapuntal writing in which each voice exactly imitates the melody of the first voice

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Cantabile

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In a singing styles

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Con Brio

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With vigor or spirit (with brilliance)

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Coda

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An extended ending for a piece of music

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Codetta

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a short Coda.

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Con

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With

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Con Moto

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With motion

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Crescendo

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Gradually louder

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D.C. al Fine

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Go back to the beginning of the piece, and play until the word Fine

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Damper Pedal

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Press the Pedal located on the right

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Decrescendo or Diminuendo

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Gradually softer

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Dolce

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Sweetly

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Doloroso

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Sadly, sorrowfully

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Double Flat

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two flats placed before a note, indicating to lower the note a whole step

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Double sharp

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The symbol (x) placed before a note, indicating to raise the note a whole step

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Dynamics

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Letters or symbols which tell how loudly or how softly to play the music

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Enharmonic

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Two different names for the same pitch

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33
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Expressivo

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Expressively

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34
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Fine

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The end

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35
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Forte

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Loud

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36
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Fortissimo

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Very loud

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Fortississimo

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Very, very loud

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38
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Forte-piano

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Loud immediately followed by soft

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Fermata

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Hold the note longer than its value

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First and Second Ending

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Play the piece with the first ending, then repeat the piece. The second time through, skip the first ending and do the second ending.

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Giocoso

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Merrily, with humor

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Gracioso

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Gracefully

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Largo

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Very slowly, “large”

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Legato sign (slur)

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Play smoothly, connect the notes

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Leggiero

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lightly, delicately

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Lento

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Marcato

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Stressed, marked

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Meno

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Mezzo Forte

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Medium Loud

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Mezzo Piano

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Medium Soft

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Moderato

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A moderate of medium tempo

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Molto

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Much, very

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Mordent

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An ornament in which the written note is played, followed by the note below the written note and the written note again

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Octave Sign

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Play the notes an octave higher or lower

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Opus

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A word used to indicate the chronological order in which a composers music was written

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Ostinato

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A repeated pattern

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Parallel Major/minor

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Major and minor keys with the same letter name

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Piano

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Pianissimo

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Pianississmo

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Very very soft

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Pesente

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Phrase

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a musdical sentence, often four measures long

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Piu

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Piu Mosso

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More motion; faster

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Poco

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Polytonality

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The use of several different keys at the same time

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Presto

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Rallentando

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Gradually slower

69
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Repeat sign

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repeat the previous sections of music starting from the first sign, or the beginning of the piece if there is none.

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Ritardando

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Slow down gradually

71
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Ritenuto

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Immediately slower

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Robusto

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Robustly, boldy

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Scherzando

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Playfully, jokingly

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Sempre

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Senza

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Sforzando

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A sudden sharp movement

77
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Simile

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Continue in the same style

78
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Spiritose

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Spirited, with spirit

79
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Sostenuto

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Staccato

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Play crisply or detached

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Subito

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Suddenly, all at once

82
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Syncopation

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A momentary contradiction of the meter or pulse

83
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Tempo

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The speed at which to play the music

84
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Tenuto

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Hole the note for its full value. May also mean to play the note slightly louder than the others; stress the note

85
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Tranquillo

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Tranquilly, peacefully, calmly

86
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tre Corda

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Release the Una Corda pedal (soft pedal, left pedal)

87
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Tie

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Hold the second note, do not play it

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Trill

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An ornament in which the written note is alternated continuously with the note above.

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Trill with prefix

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A twill performed with an added beginning from above or below

90
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Turn

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An ornament in which the written note is surrounded by its upper and lower neighbors

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Una Corda

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Often abbreviated U.C in music. Press the left or soft pedal.

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Vivace

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Quick, lively

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Vivo

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Brisk, lively

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…etto

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A suffix meaning little or less than

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…ino

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A suffix meaning little or less than

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