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Poco a poco Poco a poco (Italian: 'little by little'). An term that can preface and instruction meaning to follow it 'little by little'. For example, 'poco a poco crescendo', meaning, getting louder gradually, little by little.

On sheet music, pianissimo is often marked pp, to distinguish it from piano, which is simply "soft," rather than "very soft," and is usually marked with one p. There is, in fact, an even quieter designation called pianississimo, that's "very very soft."

5. A TEMPO. When the speed of music changes from its original setting - usually through the use of “accelerando” (“play faster”) or “ritardando” (“play slower”) - the notation “a tempo” instructs the players to return to their original speed.

5 Musical Terms Every Filmmaker Needs to Know

• Instrumentation. The term instrumentation describes how and when instruments are used in a piece of music.
• Rhythm and Tempo.
• Melody and Harmony.
• Dynamics.
• Chords.
• Using These Terms (and others)
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A Little. Meaning. The word 'little' means a bit of or hardly any amount. The term 'a little' means some or a small quantity.

Etymology. From Middle English litel, from Old English lyttel, lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“tending to stoop, crouched, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, bent, small”), equivalent to lout +‎ -le.

These terms are further refined to include a range of louder and softer dynamics. The typical range proceeds as follows, from softest to loudest: pianissimo (pp), piano (p), mezzo-piano (mp), mezzo-forte (mf), forte (f), fortissimo (ff).

Those who have basic musical knowledge may recognise these terms as these are the basic symbols used in a music score. Dynamic markings include p, which stands for 'Piano' and means to sing or play softly, and f, which stands for 'Forte' and means to sing or play loudly.

Presto Presto – extremely fast (168–177 BPM) Prestissimo – even faster than Presto (178 BPM and over)

If you see the word rallentando written on a musical score, it's there to indicate that the musician should start to progressively play at a slower pace (or tempo). Often abbreviated to 'rall' on a score, rallentando is Italian for 'slowing down' – the opposite of accelerando.

It's called the circle of fifths because it's based on the interval of a fifth, which is the distance between two musical notes that are five steps apart in the musical alphabet. For example, the interval of a fifth between C and G includes the notes C, D, E, F, and G.

The perfect fifth (often abbreviated P5) spans seven semitones, while the diminished fifth spans six and the augmented fifth spans eight semitones. For example, the interval from C to G is a perfect fifth, as the note G lies seven semitones above C.