8th Grade EOY Vocab (Formative #1)

to return to the original tempo

• A Tempo

• Rubato

• Lento

• Rall.

to gradually get faster

• adagio

• accelerando

• presto

• ritardando

Name this musical symbol.

• Tenuto
• Staccato
• Slur
• Accent

to the finish

• cantabile

• al fine

• con brio

• con spirito

light and moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro

• andantino

• andante

• allegretto

• chromatic

rapid; lively

• allegro

• allegretto

• moderato

• andantino

Slow, Walking Speed

• ALLEGRO
• MODERATO
• GRAVE
• ANDANTE

in a singing style

• coda

• cantabile

• andantino

• andante

by semi-tones

• chromatic

• dal segno

• a tempo

• andantino

the final added measures of a musical composition (usually marked with the thing that looks like a turtle's back)

• accelerando

• andantino

• coda

• a tempo