Score marking that tells the musician to return to the original tempo after an accelerando or ritardando.

Type of form in which a section is repeated with contrasting section in between.

Type of form that begins with a main melody and continues with different versions of that main melody.

Piece of music featuring three different parts played or sung together.

Only one person plays or sings at a time.

A louder version of a regular accent, tells the musician to play a note more forcefully than the notes around it.

One section or a small group plays or sings.

Everyone plays or sings

Creation of music that can be performed later usually from written notation.