Band Final '24
To gradually get softer
Decrescendo
To gradually get louder
Crescendo
A quick and lively tempo
Allegro
Walking speed
Andante
Go back to the original tempo
a Tempo
Smooth style
Legato
To play loudly
Forte
To play softly
Piano
To gradually increase the tempo
Accelerando
To gradually slow down
Ritardando
A very slow tempo
Adagio
Moderate speed
Moderato
Go back to the beginnning, then take the coda
(DC al Coda)
Go back to the sign and take the coda
(DS al Coda)
Go back to the beginning and stop at the fine
(DC al Fine)
play short and detached
Staccato
a very slow tempo
Largo
Mezzo Forte
Medium soft
Section solo
Soli
Part for one person alone
Solo
All together
Tutti
Emphasize te note
accent
majestic style
Maestoso
Notes outside of the given key signature
Accidentals
Chords that are payed or written one note at a time
Arpeggio
Three or more nots sounded together
Chord
Divided
Divisi
Chord built on the fifth degree of the scale
Dominant
Notes that sound and are fingered the same but are written differently
Enharmonic
The distance between two notes
Interval
Chord built on the fourth degree of the scale
Subdominant
Strong beat values played on the weak part of the beat
Syncopation
Play full length
Tenuto
Chord built on the first degree of a scale
Tonic
Parts or notes that sounding exactly the same
Unison
at your leisure
A Piacere
Go right on
Attacca
Sweetly
Dolce
A very quick tempo
Presto
Gradually slowing down the tempo
Rallentando