🎵 Region Band Terms 🎵

A tempo

In time: generally implies a return to the original rate of speed.

accelerando

Gradually faster

allegro

Rapid; lively

Andante

Moderately slow, but moving

Molto

Very

rallentando

Gradually slower

ritardando

Gradually slower

tempo

Time; speed

Allegretto

light and moderately fast, but not as fast as allegro

andantino

generally a little quicker than andante

Largo

very slow

Moderato

moderately

presto

very fast

crescendo

gradually louder

decrescendo

gradually softer

diminuendo

gradually softer

forte

loud

mezzo

medium; half

piano

Soft

fortissimo

very loud

pianissimo

very soft

tacet

silent

cantabile

in a singing style

legato

smooth and connected

Marcato

marked; with emphasis

Staccato

Separated; detached style

animato

animated; spirited

con brio

switch spirit; brilliantly

Con spirito

with spirit; brilliance

dolce

sweetly

grazioso

gracefully

Maestoso

Majestically

Fermenta

A hold or pause

coda

the final added measures of a musical composition

da capo

From the beginning

Dal segno

from the sign

Segno

the sign

chromatic

by semi- tones

Soli

more than one person in unison

Solo

a composition or passage for one performer

marziale

martial

al fine

to the finish

etude

a study

poco a poco

little by little

Tenuto

to sustain full value