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| Decrescendo - gradually getting quieter |
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| Crescendo - gradually getting louder |
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| Rallentando; slowing down, gradually |
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| Merry, quick, lively, bright |
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| Time signature indicating a compound triple meter, typically where each measure consists of three beats, and each beat is divided into three eighth notes. |
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| G flat major of E flat minor key signature |
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| Denotes reversion to speed at the beginning of piece or movement after a deviation |
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| Ritardando - becoming gradually slower |
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| An emphasis on a particular note, giving a regular or irregular rhythmic pattern |
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| Accelerando - a direction to increase the speed of a musical performance, often over a fairly long passage |
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| Staccato - detached. method of singing a note so that it is shortened by being held for less than its full value. |
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| "More" an adverb used in music particularly for tempo adjustments (ex. piu mosso - faster; piu animato - more animated, etc.) |
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| Subito - suddently, immediately. A word found in scores in such contexts as subito piano (suddenly quiet) etc. |
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| Tenuto - held; sustained to the end of a note's full value |
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| Divis - an instruction for one section of the ensemble to divide itself into two or more, taking separate parts that are often notated on the same staff. |
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| Sharp - the sign which placed before a note raises its pitch by one half step |
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| Flat - the sign which when placed before a note lowers its pitch one half step |
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| mezzo-piano - dynamic indication implying moderation; mezzo-piano is less soft, therefore louder, than piano. |
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| Resolute, resolutely; the term appears in scores around 1800 as a tempo marking, later as an expression mark. |
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| Fermata- the sign showing the end of the phrase or indicating the prolongation of a note or rest beyond its usual value. |
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| diminishing. Gradually getting quieter |
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| Duplet; a group of two notes or chords occupying the time of three; usually occurs in a movement in compound time. |
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