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| Designation for Choral music without instrumental accompaniment |
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| A non-amplified, or non-electric instrument |
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| A slow tempo, between andante and largo |
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| Both performers, following a section with only one performer on the part |
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| an indication given the performer to vary from strict tempo, or to add or omit a part |
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| Becoming broader, slowing |
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| Quick, rapid tempo, rather fast. |
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| at a walking pace, at a moderate speed |
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| Roll the chord in harp style |
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| american society of Composers Authors and Publishers |
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| Begin the next section without pausing |
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| slang for musical instrument |
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| Unit of measurement or rhythmic time |
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| Lowered third, seventh, and sometimes fifth, degrees of a major scale that create the characteristic sound of the blues |
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| Muted French Horn using the hand, indicated by + |
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| A symbol // indicating a sudden pause in the music |
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| Solo vocal or instrumental passage |
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| Muted french horn, with the hand |
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| with the stick of the bow |
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| repeat from the beginning |
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| go back and play from the sign |
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| Gradually becoming softer |
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| Indicates that when two or more notes are written on one staff, they are to be played by separate performers. |
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| Barely audible, as soft as possible |
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| Flutter tongue. Make a rapid articulation, similar in sound to a rolled r. |
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| Muted French horn, with the hand |
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| Glissando (glissez, glisser) |
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| Sliding up and down the scale |
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| german name for B natural |
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| The rhythmic relationship of three notes in the time of two, or two notes in the time of three. It is usually the alteration of 6/8 and 3/4 time. |
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| Always; for example-immer in tempo, always in tempo |
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| The bouncing of the bow on the string during a down bow so as to play a series of repeated notes |
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| A little largo, not as slow as largo |
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| midway between loud and soft |
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| Maelzel metronome; tempo indication; the number of beats per minute, expressed in a specific note value=72. |
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| Moving, agitated, animated |
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| change, mutate-indicates change in tuning of instrument or instruments, change of key of a brass instrument, or change from one instrument to another |
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| notes of the harmonic series |
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| A 20th century compositional style where emphasis is placed on single notes |
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| the fastest tempo, extremely fast |
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| A short repeated melodic pattern |
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| Similar to tutti, distinguishes accompanying instruments from the soloists |
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| Held back; becoming slower immediately |
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| playfully, like a joke, with humor |
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| dry, simple; in percussion: dampen, do not let ring |
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| Proceed to next section without a break or a pause |
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| forced attack, with emphasis |
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| in similar or same manner |
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| sustained, in a smooth manner |
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| voice or instrumental part |
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| indication that a particular performer or instrument has no part for a considerable time. |
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| return to the original tempo |
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| direction that a note is to be fully sustained, held up to its full written time value |
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| Quick repetition of the same note, or quick repetition between two different notes. |
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| Even and rapid alternation of two tones a major or minor second apart. the lower tone is the principal tone |
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| Too much, non troppo-not too much |
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| to improvise an instrumental accompaniment |
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| rapid fluctuation of pitch slightly higher or lower than the main pitch. |
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| German word for prelude or overture |
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| Expressive flexibility of tempo; tastefully slowing down and speeding up at the discretion of the performer/conductor |
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