syncopation
a term used to describe accented rhythms that are off the beat
musical expression
the qualities of music the determine emotional content some of these qualities are loud, soft, slow & fast.
dynamics
the degrees of loudness and softnn=ess of sound
legato
notes that are connected to each other and played or sung smoothly.
staccato
notes that are short and separted form each other.
crescendo <
< gradually getting louder
decrescendo >
> gradually getting softer
sforzando (sfz)
(sfz) a sudden sccent on a note or chord