Musical Terminology

1. An accidental that lowers a given pitch by one half step.
2. A note that has not been raised or lowered from its named pitch.
4. One section has the solo part. Everyone in the section plays.
5. Musical symbol that indicates raising a pitch by a semitone.
6. A directive to play a certain passage of a composition with a ritard in the tempo, to gradually delay the tempo.
7. Break, stop; ie a complete break in the sound. Sometiems nicknamed railroad tracks or grand pause.
9. Greatly slowing down.
11. As loud as possible.
12. Very; much.
13. As soft as possible.
16. The Italian term for moderately loud.
17. The Italian term for moderately soft.
19. A little animation.
20. Stressed, pronounced, accented and oftentimes short.
21. A tempo mark in which the performer tastefully stretches, slows, or hurries the tempo as she/he sees fit, thus imparting flexibility and emotion to the performance.

1. Start the note loud and then back off to soft.
2. Half steps that occur naturally on the piano between the E and F and the B and C.
3. Smooth and connected; opposite of staccato.
4. A sudden stress or accent on a single note or chord.
8. The Italian term for very soft.
10. Continue at the same tempo.
14. Curved line used to indicate that notes should be played smoothly (legato) and in one breath.
15. Similarly; i.e. continue applying the preceding directive.
18. Soft
19. With motion.