Band Terms
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- adagietto
- slow, but not as slow as adagio
- allargando
- gradually slower and broader
- allegretto
- light and moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro
- allegro
- rapid; lively
- andantino
- generally a little quicker than andante
- etude
- a study
- grandioso
- grand or noble style
- larghetto
- slow, but not as slow as largo
- lento
- very slow
- mosso
- motion; movement
- prestissimo
- very fast; more so than presto
- presto
- very fast
- rallentando
- gradually slower
- ritenuto
- a steady pace, but slower than preceding
- rubato
- temporary irregularity of time, lengthening at the expense of others
- sempre
- always; continually
- sforzando
- (sfz) forced; with emphasis
- simile
- the same (continue in same manner)
- soli
- more than one performer in unison
- solo
- a composition or passage for one performer
- sostenuto
- sustained
- staccato
- separated, detached style
- subito
- suddenly
- tacet
- silent
- tempo
- time; speed
- tenuto
- (ten.) sustain full value
- vivace
- vivacious; lively
- adagio
- very slow
- andante
- moderately slow, but moving
- a poco
- a little; gradually
- a tempo
- in time; generally implies a return to original rate of speed
- accelerando
- gradually faster
- agitato
- agitated; rapid
- al fine
- to the finish
- alla
- in the style of (such as alla marcia-in the style of a march)
- animato
- animated; spirited
- appassionato
- intensely; passionately; with deep feeling
- brilliante
- brilliantly
- cantabile
- in a singing style
- chromatic
- by semi-tones
- coda
- the final added measures of a musical composition (usually marked with a circle and plus sign)
- con anima
- with animation; spirited
- con brio
- with spirit; brilliantly
- con forza
- with force
- con grazia
- with graceful style
- con spirito
- with spirit, brilliance
- crescendo
- (cres.) gradually louder
- da capo
- (D.C.) from the beginning
- dal segno
- (D.S.) from the sign
- decrescendo
- gradually softer
- diminuendo
- gradually softer
- dolce
- sweetly
- energico
- energetically
- fermata
- a hold or pause
- forte
- (f) loud
- fortissimo
- (ff) very loud
- furioso
- furiously
- grave
- very slow and solemn
- grazioso
- gracefully
- l\'istesso
- the same (such as l\'istesso tempo-the same tempo)
- largo
- very slow
- legato
- smooth and connected
- maestoso
- majestically
- marcato
- marked; with emphasis
- marziale
- martial
- meno
- less
- mezzo
- medium; half
- moderato
- moderately
- molto
- very
- non troppo
- not too much
- pianissimo
- (pp) very softly
- piano
- (p) softly
- poco
- a little
- poco a poco
- little by little
- ritardando
- (rit.) gradually slower