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Music Terminology

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Practice the musical terminology below by matching the terms and their definitions.

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Largo	Very slow
Adagio	Slow, leisurely
Andante	Moving with a moderate tempo
Allegro	Moderately fast
Vivace	Lively, animated, brisk
Presto	Fast, rapid
Piano	Soft
Mezzo piano	Moderately soft
Mezzo forte	Moderately loud
Forte	Loud
Crescendo	Increasing in loudness
Decrescendo	decreasing in loudness
Diminuendo	diminishing in loudness
Sforzando	play the note with sudden emphasis
Staccato	a dot placed above or below a note means to play it short
Slur	a curved line either above or below notes that connects two different pitches that are to be played smoothly
Tie	a curved line either above or below two of the same notes indicating not to attack the second note
Tenuto	a line above or below the note means to play the full value of the note
Accent	an accent placed above or below the note means to emphasise the not
Breath Mark	an apostrophe placed above the staff means to take a breath
Con	with
L'istesso tempo	same tempo
Meno	less
Mosso	moved, agitated
Piu mosso	faster
Poco	little
Poco a poco	little by little
Sempre	always
Simile	in the same manner
Subito	suddenly
Rubato	taken out of tempo
Maestoso	majestically
Legato	smooth and connected
Grandioso	with grandeur
Espressivo	expressively
Lento	Slow
Larghetto	Not as slow as largo
Andantino	Faster than andante
Prestissimo	Very rapidly
Pianissimo	Very soft

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