Orchestra Vocabulary - 1

Front

Term for gradually getting louder?

Back

Crescendo

Front

Term for gradually getting softer?

Back

Decrescendo or diminuendo

Front

Term for gradually slowing down?

Back

ritardando or rallantando

Front

Term for gradually getting faster?

Back

accelerando

Front

Fermata indicates:

Back

Hold the note until the conductor releases it.

Front

Caesura indicates:

Back

break/pause between phrases

Front

Lift sign indicates:

Back

Lift the bow to the correct placement for the next bowing.

Front

D.C. al Fine means:

Back

Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).

Front

D.S. al coda meaning?

Back

Go back to the segno (sign), play to the coda sign, jump to the coda.

Front

Symbol: ?

Back

Down Bow