[brandontmilan]

hey i could help with some of the terms, i know what a lot of them mean, and the ones that i don't, i can look up...

-brandon

[Nate]

Use this thread: http://www.christianguitar.ws/forums...threadid=17070

And please specify WHICH terms you'd like to do...

Thanks!

[froggee501]

Here are some more terms... some may be repeats.... also, it would be cool to have a list of composers, and their songs and a mini biography... If I can find one of my books, then I can help with that... also, for some of the terms, if they are symbols in standard notation, it would be good to be able to include a picture of it. These are from my piano books from when I was little....

piano: soft
mezzo-piano: medium soft
mezzo-forte: medium loud
forte: loud
crescendo: get louder
diminuendo: get softer
pedal marking: depress the damper pedal (right foot pedal) after you play the note or chord; release at the end of the pedal mark.
ritard: gradually get slower. (short for ritardando)
accent: play this note louder
fermata: hold this note longer than usual
legato: play smooth and connected
repeat signs: play the section within the repeat signs again.
1st and 2nd endings: play the 1st ending and take the repeat. then play the 2nd ending, skipping over the 1st ending.
slur: shows a musical phrase. connect these notes
staccato: play notes marked staccato detached; disconnected
a tempo: resume orginial tempo
tempo: speed
D.C. al Coda: return to the beginning and play to the Coda, then jump to the Coda.
Coda: ending section
ottava: play one octave higher than usual. when the ottava is below the staff, play one octave lower.
flat: lower the note a half step (the nearest key to the left.
sharp: raise the note a half step (the nearest key to the right.
common time: short for [[4][4]] time
cresc.: short for crescendo
cut time: [[2][2]] time. a half note (instead of a quarter note) gets the beat. There are 2 half note beats per measure.
D.C. al Fine: return to the beginning and play until Fine.
Fine: finish, ending
D.S. al Coda return to the segno and play to the coda sign, then jump to the Coda.
segno: (this is one where we will really need the picture!)
molto: much (for example, molto rit. means ritard a lot.)


hope that all proves useful

Emma Catherine