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Basic Time Note

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Basic score reading: Line Notes and Space Notes

Grade 1

Basic Time Note

Understand basic time note and and try the worksheet here for free!
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ABRSM Grade 1 Italian terms

accelerando (accel.) gradually getting quicker
adagio slow
allegretto fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro)
allegro quick (or cheerful)
andante at a walking speed (or medium speed)
cantabile in a singing style
crescendo (cresc.) gradually getting louder
da capo (D.C.) repeat from the beginning
dal segno (D.S.) repeat from the sign segno
decrescendo gradually getting quieter
diminuendo gradually getting quieter
dolce sweet
fine the end
forte (f) loud
fortissimo (ff) very loud
legato smoothly
mezzo half
mezzo forte (mf) moderately loud
mezzo piano (mp) moderately quiet
moderato moderately
piano (p) soft
pianissimo (pp) very soft
poco a little
rallentando (rall.) gradually getting slower
ritardando (ritard. or rit.) gradually getting slower
ritenuto (riten. or rit.) held back
staccato (stacc.) detached
tempo speed, time

topics

  1. Time Note
  2. Bar-lines and time signatures
  3.  Writing notes
  4. Rests
  5. Ties and slurs
  6. Dotted rhythm
  7. Accidentals
  8. Semitones and Tones
  9. Scales
  10. Degrees
  11. Tonic Triads
  12. Grouping of notes
  13. Performance Directions