Performance Direction

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PERFORMANCE DIRECTION

There are times where certain instructions/directions/guides would need to be communicated to a performer whether on the instrument or the voice. These directions are what we call Performance Direction.
There are many terms used in performance ranging from Italian terms to German terms to French terms. Italian terms are more common because at the time these indications were first predominantly used, there were more Italian composers.
Today, we will learn a few terms and their meanings.

  1.  Piano, _p_, meaning soft, quiet. 
  2. Forte, _f_, meaning loud, strong. 
  3.  Crescendo, _Cresc._, <, gradually getting louder.
  4. Decrescendo, _Decresc._, >, gradually getting softer.
  5.  Staccato, indicated by a dot on top or below a music note, it means detached. Here, notes are played separately with a short space in between.
  6.  Legato, indicated by a curved line, meaning to connect all notes together. To play smoothly.
  7.  Da Capo, D.C, to repeat from the beginning
  8.  Poco, meaning a little. Poco a Poco, little by little... Our local choirs use to end ministrations in this form.
  9. Lento, meaning slow
  10. Presto, meaning quickly, very fast.

We will start with these 10 and take it one at a time. The objective is not to bulk you with plenty of these terms, but that we rather learn them. You know, music will express itself through us as much as we know. The more we know and understand, the more she can accomplish through us. So, for this reason, we desire to expand our knowledge. Let's learn these terms and yes begin to use them in our communications so it becomes one with us.

We will be back for a
quiz soon.

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