Accelerando
to increase in tempo
Adagio
slow
Allegro
fast
Largo
very slow or broad
Lento
slow
Moderato
moderate
Ritardando
to decrease in tempo
Ritenuto
directed slowing of music (more abrupt than Ritardando)
Rubato
slight speeding up or slowing down
Vivace
lively
pp
pianissimo – very soft
p
piano – soft
mf
moderately loud
f
fuerte – loud
Diminuendo
to become softer
Crescendo
to become louder
Legato
smooth
Pizzicato
plucked (string instrument)
Agogic accent
emphasis by lengthening the duration to make a note longer than its surrounding notes
Simple (meter)
each note has subdivisions of 2
Compound (meter)
each note has subdivisions of three