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CLEFS

TREBLE

C ALTO

C TENOR

F BASS

iy require the use of all these clefs but in printed music the treble clef is usually employed for Soprano, Alto s-.d Tenor he Teno^ being written an octave higher than actual

NOTE VALUES AND THEIR EQUIVALENT RESTS

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KEY SIGNATURES, PRIMARY TRIADS AND DOMINANT SEVENTHS

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A GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS.

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Diminuendo

Largl

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Quickening the u

A stress or emphasis on a certain

note.

Very slow but quicker than Largo. Agitated, hurried. Broadening out the time. Moderately fast. Quick, lively, merry. At a moderate pace. Not as slow as Andante. Animated, lively, spirited.

Playing the notes of a chord con- secutively.

Resume the original time.

In a singing style.

ivith) Moto (motion;.

Gradually louder.

Da (from) Capo (begin Fine (end).

Dal (from) Segno (sign).

Gradually softer.

Sweetly.

And.

With expression.

Loud.

Very loud.

Gaily.

Grandly.

Gracefully.

Slowly but not as slow as Largo.

A slow and solemn degree of move- ment.

Smoothly, notes to follow each other without break.

Very slow.

Major.

A4arked, accented.

Less.

Moderately loud.

Mex/o Piai Minore

Moderato

Non Troppo Fed.

Piano

Pianissimo (pp } Piu Mosso

Presto

Rail. (Rullenttindo'

Religioso

Rit. (Ritard

Semitone

Sostenuto Sotto Voce Staccato

Stringcndo Syncopation

Tempo di Marcia Tempo di Valse Tempo Prime (Tempo I ) Tone

Tre Corde

Una Corda or I Vivace

In a modi-; Much,

Presto \ Pedal ; indi

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Very soft. Piu (n

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Gradually s! In a religious ma: Gradually si

The smallest pitch inh Western n tween ru

Sustained. Subdued, qi, Detached,

An accent

weak part In march di In waltz time. First or original : An interval conn

tones. Indicates the raising of I

pedal of the pia

Una Corda period. Indicates depression of

pedal of the piano. Animated, fast, lively.

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