Artistic Song Leading Lesson 5 Copyright 2010 by Jimmy Bagwell As part of the “ARTISTIC SONG LEADING” Series.

Artistic Song LeadingLesson 5

Copyright 2010 by Jimmy BagwellAs part of the

“ARTISTIC SONG LEADING” Series

Style Markings Style is how you sing a piece. These are often markings unique to one note.

Artistic Song Leading (Lesson 5)


Accent appears over the top of a note. Means to make it stand out dramatically from the rest of the notes




Staccato (pronounced Stack-aht-oh). Means to sing the note very short




Staccato (pronounced Stack-aht-oh). Means to sing the note very short

Fermata- (pronounced fur-mah-tah). Appears over the top of one note, usually at the end of a section, phrase or piece. Means to hold out the note for as long as you want .


Dynamic Markings Dynamics- are how loud or soft you are singing.



Forte- (pronounced, Four-tay) Play Loud. Also can have two F's (Fortisimo-Four-tee-see-moe), or three F's (Fortisisimo-Four-tees-ees-ee-moe), with each F adding more volume.




Mezzo Forte- (pronounced Met-zoe Four-tay). Medium, or Moderately Loud





Mezzo Piano- (pronounced Met-zoe piano). Medium, or Moderately Soft





Mezzo Piano- (pronounced Met-zoe piano). Medium, or Moderately Soft

Piano- Soft. Also, like the forte, it can have two p's (pianisimo-pee-a-nee-see-moe) or three p's (pee-ah-nees-ees-ee-moe) with each p adding less volume.


or Cresc. Crescendo-(Cresh-end-oh)Gradually get louder.


or Cresc. Crescendo-(Cresh-end-oh)Gradually get louder.

or Decresc. or Dim. Decrescendo, or Dimminuendo (day-cresh-end-oh, dim-in-you-end-oh). Gradually get softer.


Allegro- (pronounced Al-leg-grow). A very fast section of a piece


Allegro- (pronounced Al-leg-grow). A very fast section of a piece Moderato- (pronounced Mahd-her-ah-toe). Moderately, not as fast



Andante- (pronounced On-Dahn-tay). Not too fast, not too slow



Andante- (pronounced On-Dahn-tay). Not too fast, not too slow Largo- (pronounced Lar-goe). Means "long". The slow section of a piece.


Ritardando, Ritard (Rit.)-Gradually slow down. Often appears at the end of a piece (pronounced Rih, (like the I sound in mit, not ree), tard, ah-n-doe)



A Tempo- (pronounced, Ah-tehm-poe). Go back to the original tempo.




Fine- You are at the end. Stop (Pronounced Fee-nay)




Fine- You are at the end. Stop (Pronounced Fee-nay)

Del Cappo al Fine, D. C. al Fine- Go back to the beginning and sing until the fine (Pronounced Day-l Cap Oh ah-L Fee-nay)


Del Cappo al Coda, D. C. al Coda- Go back to the beginning and sing until the Coda Sign, then go to the coda (the section at the very end of a piece labeled Coda)

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Del Signa al fine (D.S. al fine, or D.S. al coda)- Go back to the Signa and sing until the fine, or the coda (in the case of D.S. al coda, you would then play the coda)

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Del Signa al fine (D.S. al fine, or D.S. al coda)- Go back to the Signa and sing until the fine, or the coda (in the case of D.S. al coda, you would then play the coda) coda = A coda is an added section at the close of a piece of music. To use the coda, sing to the then skip to the matching

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Artistic Song Leading Lesson 5 Copyright 2010 by Jimmy Bagwell As part of the “ARTISTIC SONG LEADING” Series.

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dynamic markings dynamics

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