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    Italian Musical Terms For Band

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    The document lists and defines various Italian musical terms related to tempo, dynamics, articulation, notation, and musical elements. It provides terms for the speed of the music including largo, adagio, allegro, and presto. It also includes terms for the loudness such as pianissimo, piano, forte, and fortissimo. Phrasing, articulation and notation terms such as legato, staccato, slur, tie and fermata are presented. Finally, it defines some basic musical elements like tone, melody, harmony, and interval.

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    Italian Musical Terms For Band

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    The document lists and defines various Italian musical terms related to tempo, dynamics, articulation, notation, and musical elements. It provides terms for the speed of the music including largo, adagio, allegro, and presto. It also includes terms for the loudness such as pianissimo, piano, forte, and fortissimo. Phrasing, articulation and notation terms such as legato, staccato, slur, tie and fermata are presented. Finally, it defines some basic musical elements like tone, melody, harmony, and interval.

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    The document lists and defines various Italian musical terms related to tempo, dynamics, articulation, notation, and musical elements. It provides terms for the speed of the music including largo, adagio, allegro, and presto. It also includes terms for the loudness such as pianissimo, piano, forte, and fortissimo. Phrasing, articulation and notation terms such as legato, staccato, slur, tie and fermata are presented. Finally, it defines some basic musical elements like tone, melody, harmony, and interval.

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    Italian Musical Terms For Band

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    The document lists and defines various Italian musical terms related to tempo, dynamics, articulation, notation, and musical elements. It provides terms for the speed of the music including largo, adagio, allegro, and presto. It also includes terms for the loudness such as pianissimo, piano, forte, and fortissimo. Phrasing, articulation and notation terms such as legato, staccato, slur, tie and fermata are presented. Finally, it defines some basic musical elements like tone, melody, harmony, and interval.

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    Italian Musical Terms

    Largo – very slow


    For Band Adagio – slow
    Andante – medium slow
    Moderato - moderate

    Pianissimo – very soft Allegretto – medium fast

    Piano – soft Allegro – fast

    Mezzo Piano – medium soft Presto – very fast

    Mezzo Forte – medium loud A Tempo – resume previous tempo

    Forte – loud L’istesso Tempo – keep the same tempo

    Fortissimo – very loud Rubato – flexible with the tempo

    Crescendo – gradually louder Ritardando – gradually slower

    Decrescendo – gradually softer Ritentuto – suddenly slower

    Forte Piano – loud, then Meno Mosso – less motion


    suddenly soft Con Moto – with motion
    Accelerando – gradually faster
    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
    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
    Tie Slur
    Ties and slurs (legato) connect two or more notes
    together. Ties connect notes of the same pitch,
    forming essentially one longer note. Slurs connect
    notes of different pitch.

    Legato – smooth and connected Tenuto – sustained full value


    Staccato – detached, separated Staccatissimo – very short
    Marcato – strong emphasis and detached Accented – emphasis on the note
    Sforzando – a sudden strong accent

    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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