Italian Terms for Slow Tempo

Allegro – fast, quick, and bright (120–156 bpm) (molto allegro is slightly faster than allegro, but always in its range; 124-156 bpm) Vivace – lively and fast (156–176 bpm) Allegrissimo or Allegro vivace – very fast (172–176 bpm) Presto – very, very fast (168–200 bpm)

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Here’s 50 music terms you need to know.

• Accent. An accent is when a specific note or phrase is emphasized with an increase in intensity above other non-accented notes.
• Adagio. Adagio means slowly in Italian.
• Allegro. Allegro means cheerful in Italian.
• Alto.
• Andante.
• Arpeggio.
• Bar.
• Cadence.

: always —used in music directions sempre legato.

sempre in British English (ˈsɛmprɪ ) adverb. music. (preceding a tempo or dynamic marking) always; consistently. It is used to indicate that a specified volume, tempo, etc, is to be sustained throughout a piece or passage.

to a slight degree

Updated March 30, 2019. The Italian musical term più means “more,” and is used with other musical commands to increase their effects; più agitato, “more agitated.” It is the opposite of meno.

because of the technical difficulty

Tutti (Italian: all) is used in orchestral music to distinguish the part of a solo instrument from that of the rest of the section or orchestra.

The musical term for playing quietly or softly is called piano. It’s actually where we get the name of the instrument the piano. It was originally called the ‘pianoforte’ as it could play both quiet and loud (forte is the musical term for loud).

soft

Fortissimo (ff): Very strong or loud. Mezzo: medium or moderately (as in mezzo piano or mezzo soprano)

very quiet

Crescendo

The terms crescendo, and diminuendo (or sometimes decrescendo), mean a gradual getting louder or softer. They can also be shown by signs known as “hairpins”. A hairpin opening out is a crescendo, one which closes is a diminuendo.

Mezzo forte

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As nouns the difference between decrescendo and diminuendo is that decrescendo is (music) an instruction to play gradually more softly while diminuendo is (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly.

noun, plural de·cre·scen·dos, Italian de·cre·scen·di [de-kre-shen-dee]. a gradual reduction in force or loudness. a decrescendo passage.

(Entry 1 of 2) 1a : a gradual increase a crescendo of excitement specifically : a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage. b : the peak of a gradual increase : climax …

Diminuendo Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for diminuendo?

Crescendo (pron. kreh-shen-doh), is abbreviated cresc., which means to gradually play louder, and is often indicated with a crescendo wedge. Diminuendo (pron. di-minu-endo) is abbreviated dim., which means to gradually play softer, and is often indicated with a diminuendo wedge.

Three Italian words are used to show gradual changes in volume: crescendo (abbreviated cresc.) translates as “increasing” (literally “growing”) diminuendo (abbreviated dim.) translates as “diminishing”.

The z is a buzz roll on a snare drum.