Music terms

The things I do for orchrestra...

Adagio Lirico

Slow and Lyrical

Subito Piano

Play suddenly quiet

Con Sordino

With Mute

Programmatic Music

The Type of composition called when depicting a storyline

Sostenuto ma non troppo

Sustained but not too much so

Ritardando

Abrupt slowdown (like slamming on the brakes)

Rallentando

Slowly slowing down (gently touching the brakes and slowing into a stop)

Molto Rit.

Much/Major slowdown

Arco

With Bow

Pizz

Plucking

Solo

1 player

Soli

Entire Section

A tempo

Return to original tempo

Allegro Con Brio

Fast and lively

Hemiola

Triplets played on top of eighth notes

An Orchestra that breathes together…

Plays together

Tremelo

Rapid repetition of a note that cannot be counted

Sforzando/SFZ

To play a note with sudden, strong emphasis

+above of a note

Left hand pizz

Crescendo Poco poco

Get louder little by little

True or False: Perfect fifths and octaves are easy to tune because they are always perfectly in tune by nature

False

True or False: Unisons, Perfect 4th, 5ths, and Octaves are very hard to tune because the frequencies have a perfect relationship to one another

True

True or False: Unison has to be exactly the same, a P4 is a 4/3 relationship, P5 is a 3/2 relationship, and the Octave is a 2/1 relationship

True