Abrsm - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

1. con sordini (con sord.) 2. senza sordini (senza sord.) with mutes (strings and brass, italian) without mutes (strings and bass, italian) 3. arco play withe the bow after pizzicato (strings, italian) 4. | | down bow (strings) 5. V up bow (strings) 6. slur (strings) played with one stroke of the bow for a legato effect (strings) 7. pizzicato plucked (strings, italian) 8. sul G played on the G string (strings, italian) 9. sul ponticello played near...

1. In time A tempo 2. Gradually getting faster Accelerando (Accel.) 3. At choice Ad libitum (Ad lib.) 4. Slow Adagio 5. Tenderly Affettuoso 6. Agitated Agitato 7. In the style of ... Al, alla 8. With a minim (half note) beat Alla breve 9. Broadening Allargando 10. Fairly quick Allegretto 11. Fast Allegro 12. Very fast Allegro assai 13. Moderately fast Allegro moderato 14. Amiable, pleasant Amabile 15. At a walking pace Andante 16. Slightly faster than...

ABRSM Theory exam questions and answers

1. adagietto rather slow (but faster than adagio) 2. ad libtum, ad. lib. at choice, meaning a passage may be played freely 3. agitato agitated 4. alla breve 2/2 time 5. amore love 6. amoroso loving 7. anima soul, spirit 8. con anima with feeling, spirited 9. animato animated, lively 10. animando become more lively 11. ben well 12. brio vigor 13. con brio with vigor, lively 14. comodo convenient 15. tempo comodo at a comfortable speed 16. deciso with d...

ABRSM Music Theory Grade 2.

ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory Terms and Signs a tempo - return to the original tempo (the speed at which the piece began) accelerando (accel.) - gradually getting faster Adagio - slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (55-65 BPM); between andante and largo Allegretto - light and moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro Allegro - fast, quickly and bright (109-132 BPM) -- right before vivace Andante - walking speed (73-77 BPM) Cantabile - "singable" or "songlike" ;a particu...

1. accelerando (or accel.) gradually getting quicker 2. adagio slow 3. allegro quick, cheerful 4. andante a medium, walking speed 5. crescendo gradually getting louder 6. de capo (or D.C) repeat from the beginning 7. dal segno (or D.S) repeat from the dal segno symbol 8. decrescendo (or diminuendo) gradually getting softer 9. fine the end 10. forte (f) loud 11. fortissimo (ff) very loud 12. mezzo forte (mf) moderately loud (Medium loud) 13. mezzo pia...

1. accelerando gradually getting quicker 2. adagio slow 3. allegretto fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro) 4. allegro quick (literally 'cheerful') 5. andante ata medium ('walking') speed 6. cantabile in a singing style 7. crescendo (or cresc.) gradually getting louder 8. da capo (or D.C.) repeat from the beginning 9. dal segno (or D.S.) repeat from the sign 10. decrescendo (or decresc.) gradually getting quieter 11. fine the end 12. f (=forte) loud 13. ff (=fortissimo) very...

1. attacca go straight to the next section of music (italian) 2. dolente sad, mournful (italian) 3. dolore grief (italian) 4. doppio movimento twice as fast (italian) 5. estinto as soft as possible, lifeless (italian) 6. incalzando getting quicker (italian) 7. lacrimoso sad (italian) 8. loco at the normal pitch, used to cancel 8va (italian) 9. lunga long (italian) 10. doloroso sorrowful (italian) 11. lusingando coaxing; in a sweet and persuasive style (italian) 1...

crescendo (getting louder) Gradually getting louder diminuendo or decrescendo (getting softer) Gradually getting softer fermata (hold the note longer) sign can be over a note or under a note slur (play the notes smoothly) curved line over two different notes or over a group of notes ottava (octave) play an octave higher 8va (above a note or notes) ottava bassa play an octave lower 8va (under a note or notes) staccato (short, detached)...