GLOSSARY. 
Dynamics. The force of musical sounds. The degrees 
range from pp., which is the softest, through p. m. 
and f. to ff., which is the loudest. 
Finale. The end. 
Fine. J 
Forte. Loud. 
Fortissimo. Very loud. 
Fuoco. Fire, energy. 
Glissando. Playing a rapid passage on the piano by 
sliding the tips of the fingers along on the keys. 
Interval. The difference of pitch between two tones. 
Largo. Slow. 
Legato. Corinected ; each tone of a phrase being con- 
tinued until the next is heard. 
Lento. Slow. 
Marcato. Marked. 
Moderato. Going at a moderate pace. 
Phrase. A short tone-chain which makes sense, but 
not complete sense. 
Pianissimo. Very soft. 
Portamento. A gliding of the voice from one tone to 
another. 
Presto. Quickly. 
Rallent. or Rallentando. Gradually slower and softer. 
Ritard. or Ritardando. Slackening the time. 
Scherzando. Playfully ; sportively. 
Sempre. Always. 
Sforzando. With emphasis on one particular tone; 
forced. 
Sostenuto. Sustained and smooth. 
Staccato. Short and distinct; detached. 
Syncopation. The displacement of the usual accent, 
either by cutting it away from the commonly ac- 
cented beat, and driving it over to that part of a 
measure not usually accented, or by prolonging a 
tone begun in a weak beat past the instant when 
the usual accent should occur. 
Theme. <A simple melody on which variations are 
made. 
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