Music

Accelerando, accel.

• detached
• majestic
• becoming quicker
• pedal

accent

• a stressed note
• left hand
• majestic
• 4/4

adagio

• graceful
• light, nimble, quick
• expressive, with expression
• slow

allegro

• return to the original tempo
• soft
• 2/2
• fast

allegretto

• take a breath
• the end
• the interval of an octave
• fairly fast (a little slower that allegro)

andante

• from the sign
• moderately slow; at a walking pace
• very loud
• very soft

andantino

• pedal
• much, very
• fairly fast (a little slower that allegro)
• slightly faster than andante

a tempo

• on a bowed string instrument, play the note while drawing the bow upward
• sweet, gentle
• return to the original tempo
• use the damper pedal (on the piano)

cantabile

• repeat from the beginning and end at Fine
• slightly faster than andante
• very loud
• in a singing style

crescendo, cresc.

• majestic
• becoming louder
• marked or stressed
• from the beginning