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Symbols and
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Crescendo (abbr. cresc.) Gradually increasing the volume. | |
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Tied notes, see Legato. |  |
Decrescendo (abbr. Decresc.) Gradually decreasing the volume. | |
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Broken chord - performed with: p,i,m |  |
Broken chord - performed with: p sliding over the strings. | |
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Sharp - raises the pitch by a half tone -or one fret. Sharp next to the clef (blue) will affect the whole row. |  |
Rasgueado
- Strumming up and down with all right hand fingers briefly over a group of strings,
usually from  to  . Common in Flamenco guitar
music style. |
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Flat - lowers the pitch by a half tone, or one fret. Flat next to the clef (blue) will affect the whole row. |  |
Natural (red) cancels a sharp or flat and the tone is natural. Here the B-flat will change to natural b. |
| Notation
of Natural Harmonics A diamond-shaped note with a numbered fret [ex: H.12] indicates that this note should be performed by touching the string slightly over the indicated fret [ex: H.7] with your left hand, while you pluck the string normally with your right hand. The harmonic-effect will produce a sound of bells. |
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Musical Terms
| Adagio - Very Slow | Chromatic - By semitones | Molto - Very... |
| Al Fine - To the end | Cavatina - A short sentimental song | Piu - More... |
| Allegro - Quick, lively | Crescendo (abbr. cresc.)- Gradually increasing the volume | Piano (abbr. p) - Soft |
| Allegretto - Less quick then Allegro | Da Capo (abbr. D.C.) from the beginning | Poco - A bit, a little |
| Andante - A bit slow | Da Capo al Fine - From the beginning to the word Fine | Rubato - Play freely |
| Andantino - faster then Andante | Decrescendo (abbr. Decresc.) Gradually decrease the volume | Triplet - three tones played in the time of a one beat duration |
| A tempo - At the original speed | Diminuendo - Gradually diminished | Presto - Very quick |
| Beat - A unit partition in a measure | Espressivo - With expression | Scale - A tonal pitch ordering |
| Cantabile - In a singing style | Fine - The end | Sempre - Always |
| Canto - Song | Finale - The end | Staccato - Short, detached |
| Coda - Ending section | Forte - (abbr. f ) - Loud | Soft, Piano = p |
| Calmo - calm, relaxed | Grazioso - With Grace | Softer, more Piano = pp |
| Con brio - with vigor and spirit | Largo - Very slow | Forte, loud = f |
| Concerto - A composition for specific solo instrument(s) and Orchestra | Legato - Tied sounds | Louder, more Forte, = ff |
| Chords - Sounds played together | Lento - Slow | Mezzo (half) Piano = mp |
| Chitarra - Guitar, in Italian | Melancholy - sadly | Mezzo (half) loud = mf |
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