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Crescendo – gradually getting louder
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diminuendo or decrescendo – gradually getting softer
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Staccato dot – short detached
rit.
Ritardando – gradually slowing down
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accent mark – play that note louder than other notes.
legato
smooth and connected
moderato
moderate rate of speed
andante
walking tempo
keynote
first note of the scale of each key
tonic
first note of the scale of each key
allegro
fast; lively
half step
the very next key to the right or left
whole step
two half steps.
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Sharp – raise the note one half step
Sharp
# raise the note one half step
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barline – divides notes into measures
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Slur – play these notes legato or smoothly
natural
flat
pick-up note or up-beat
incomplete measure at the beginning of a piece