Italian Musical Terms for Band

Italian Musical Terms for Band

TEIV'IPO Italian Musical Terms Presto – very fast 168-200 bpm For Band Allegro – fast 120-168 bpm Allegretto – medium fast 112-124 bpm DVN.AIVI ICS Moderato - moderate 108-120 bpm Fortissimo – very loud Andante – medium slow 76-108 bpm Forte – loud Adagio – slow 66-76 bpm Mezzo Forte – medium loud Largo – very slow 40-60 bpm Mezzo Piano – medium soft A Tempo – resume previous tempo Piano – soft L’istesso Tempo – keep the same tempo Pianissimo – very soft Rubato – flexible with the tempo Crescendo (cresc.) – Ritardando (rit.) – gradually slower gradually louder Ritentuto – suddenly slower Decrescendo – gradually softer Meno Mosso – less motion Forte Piano – loud, Con Moto – with motion then suddenly soft Accelerando (accel.) – gradually faster OTHER Doppio Movimento – twice as fast Simile – the same Fermata – sustain longer than printed Poco a Poco – little by little Caesura – short pause in the music Subito – suddenly Molto – much, very INTERPRETATION Piu – more Cantabile – in a singing style Non – not Dolce – sweetly Divisi – divide the part Espressivo – expressively Solo – one player Leggiero – lightly Tutti – all, everyone play together Pesante - heavily Tacet – be silent, do not play Maestoso – majestically Articulations Tie Slur Ties and slurs (legato) connect two or more notes together. Ties connect notes of the same pitch, forming essentially LJ m one longer note. Slurs connect notes of different pitch. Marcato: Staccato: strong Tenuto: detached, emphasis and sustained separated detached full value • ' A > r r r r r Staccatissimo: Accent: Sforzando: very short emphasis a sudden on the note strong accent Repeats Da Capo al Fine (D.C. al fine) - Go back to the beginning and play to the fine (the end) Da Capo al Coda (D.C. al coda) - Go back to the beginning, play until the indicated to Coda, jump to the Coda and play to the end. Dal Segno al Fine (D.S. al fine) - Go back to the sign and play to the fine (the end) Rehearsal Terms Tone – a musical sound or the quality of a musical sound Melody – an arrangement of single tones in a meaningful sequence Harmony – sound resulting from simultaneous sounding of two or more tones Accompaniment - music that goes along with a more important part; often harmony Phrase – a small section of a composition comprising a musical thought Syncopation – rhythmic accents on weak beats or weak portions of beats Ostinato – a repeated melodic or rhythmic fragment Interval – the distance between two tones Chord - three or more tones combined and sounded simultaneously .

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