Band Midterm 2008
Terms
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- (curve under notes)
- slur, do not tongue succesive notes under/above this symbol
- (line curving up to note)
- slide, slide up to the note
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- staccato, play short and light, detached
- //
- "railroad tracks", grand pause, everyone stops playing until the conductor starts you up again
- >
- accent, play for the normal duration of the note
- a tempo
- go back to the tempo before the rit. or accel.
- a2
- 2 people play
- accel.
- accelerando - accelerate
- allegro
- fast
- allegro con brio
- with spirit or vigorously
- andante
- walking tempo, moderate speed
- animato
- animated, lively
- ASCAP
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- bottom note (n/4)
- what gets a beat
- candenza
- an ornamental passage performed near the close of a composition, usually improvised, and usually performed by a soloist
- con spirito
- with spirit
- cresc. poco a poco
- gradually crescendo, bit by bit
- crescendo
- gradually louder
- decrescendo
- gradually quieter
- dim.
- diminuendo - get gradually quieter
- div.
- 1/2 the section plays the upper note, the other 1/2 play the lower note
- expressive
- expressively
- f
- forte - loud
- ff
- fortissimo - very loud
- fp
- fortepiano - loud then immediately soft
- freely
- usually found in a solo passage, the soloist can interpret the rhythm, within reason
- maestoso
- majestically
- mf
- mezzo forte - pretty loud
- moderato
- moderate tempo
- Molto
- very much
- mordent
- a series of two or more grace notes played before the principal note. This ornament usually consists of the principal note, the note below, and the principal note again.
- mp
- mezzo piano - pretty quiet
- p
- piano - quiet
- pesante
- heavy, ponderous, with importance and weight
- piu mosso
- move mroe quickly, more motion
- poco
- a little
- poco rit.
- retard a little bit
- pp
- pianissimo - very quiet
- rall.
- rallentando - gradually slow down (usually over more measures than a rit.)
- rit.
- ritardando - slow down gradually
- rubato
- each beat within a measure may take slightly longer or shorter, depending on the emotional requirements of the passage
- sfz
- sforzando - suddenly loud
- Soli
- the section plays, or a few instruments, as prescribed in the piece
- solo
- one person plays
- stringendo
- string it out a bit
- sub.
- subito - suddenly
- tacet
- don't play
- top note (4/n)
- how many notes in each measure
- tutti
- everyone plays
- vivace
- very fast
- ^
- accent, short, hard accent
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- legato, play smoothly, long notes