Theory of Music

Grade 3 Lesson 16 Terms & Signs

Terms & Signs SPEED

Largamente broadly Larghetto - rather broadly Prestissimo extremely fast, or as fast as possible Con moto with movement

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Terms & Signs INTENSITY OF SOUND

Calando getting softer and slower Morendo dying away forte-piano (fp) loud then immediately soft sforzando (sf) a strong accent

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AGITATO - with agitation

ATTACA go on at once

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ANIMATO - with animation

TRANQUILLO calmly

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CON ANIMA - with feeling

CON BRIO with spirit

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CON GRAZIA - with grace

CON FORZA with force

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DOLCE - soft and sweet

RISOLUTO with resolution

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BEN MARCATO - well marked

MAIN DROITE (M.D.) right hand

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MAIN GAUCHE (M.G.) - left hand

UNA CORDA with the soft pedal (one string)

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TRE CORDA - release soft pedal (three strings)

AD LIBITUM at pleasure quiet freely

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8va - an octave higher

LOCO at the normal pitch after playing an octave higher

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Opus - a work or a group of works

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M.M - Maelzels metronome. The metronome is an apparatus which can be adjusted to beat time at various speeds. Maelzel is the inventor, and Beethoven was the first composer to mark his compositions with metronome speeds. M.M. = 60 means that there are to be 60 crotchets to the minute.

Worlds Largest Metronome in Prague

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