ABRSM Grade 1 Terms and Signs

a tempo

• sweetly

• slowly

• in time

• moderately

What is accel.

• allegro

• andante

• accelerando

• adagio

What is accelerando?

• lively

• getting softer

• loud

• becoming faster

What is adagio?

• slowly

• moderately

• short and detached

• loud

What is allegretto?

• lively

• very loud

• very soft

• not as lively as allegro

What is allegro?

• Moderately

• smoothly

• beginning

• lively

What is andante?

• moderately

• smoothly

• slower

• soft

What is a cantabile?

• getting louder

• in a singing manner

• end

• getting slower

What does cresc. stand for?

• dolce

• decrescendo

• piano

• crescendo

What is crescendo?

• getting louder

• getting softer

• very loud

• moderately loud