Florida Vocal Association All-State Musicianship Middle School Terms 2019-20 Edition [unofficial]

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A cappella

Without accompaniment

A tempo

Return to the original tempo

Accelerando

Becoming faster

Adagio

Slow, leisurely tempo

Allegro

Lively, fast tempo

Andante

Walking tempo

Accent Mark

An emphasis on a particular note

Chord

3 or more notes sounded together

Coda

An additional ending

Crescendo

Gradually louder

Dal Segno

Return to the sign

Decrescendo

Gradually softer

Divisi

Performers singing the same part are divided to sing different parts

Dolce

Sweetly

Dynamics

Degrees of loud and soft

Fermata

Hold

Fine

The end

First Ending

Flat

Lowers the pitch by 1⁄2 step

Forte

loud

Fortissimo

very loud

Interval

The distance between two pitches

Largo

Very slow tempo

Legato

Smoothly

Marcato

marked, stressed

Metronome Marking

Mezzo Forte

Medium loud

Mezzo Piano

Medium soft

Moderato

Moderate tempo

Molto

Very much, a lot

Natural

Cancels flats and sharps

No breath

Phrase

A complete musical thought

Piano

Soft

Pianissimo

Very soft

Piu

More

Poco a Poco

Little by little

Presto

Very fast tempo

Rallentando

Gradually slowing down (rall.)

Repeat

Ritardando

Gradually slowing down (rit.)

Sforzando

Strongly accented

Sharp

Raises the pitch by 1⁄2 step

Slur

A curved line joining 2 or more notes of different pitches

Staccato

Short and detached

Subito

Suddenly

Tenuto

Fully sustained

Tie

Curved line joining two notes of the same pitch

Tutti

All Together

Unison

All singing the same pitch