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MUSIC VOCABULARY

TERM -
MEANING

Adagio - Slow

Adagissimo - Very slow

Allegro - Fast

Allegrissimo - Very fast

Alto - Female voice (lower than soprano)

Bass - Male voice (lower than tenor)

Cesura or caesura - Break

Crescendo - Growing; increasing volume

Decrescendo - Decreasing volume

Dolente - Sadly

Duet - Music that is written for two performers, also a group of 2 performers

Duration - Explains how long the note lasts

Dur - Major scale

Dynamics - It refers to changing the volume in music

Espressivo - Expressively

Forte - Loud

''Now who would remeber all these words? Well, I know the meaning of each word written below. Read the vocabulary and try to remember some important terms, like Slow - Adagio, Fast - Allegro....''
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