Qualities of sound
Timbre
Wave form
Sound Sources
Voices
Instruments
Pitch
It's measured with a Fingerboard
Notes
Can be
High
Low
Wave Frequency
Duration
It's measured with a metronome
Can be
Long
Short
Musical figures
Wave Prolongation
Tempo
Non progressive
Presto
Very fast
Allegro
Fast
Adagio
at a walking pace
Andante
slowly with great expression)
Largo
Slowly
Progressive
Accelerando
speeding up
Ritardando
slowing down gradually
Intensity
It's measured with a sound level meter
Wave amplitud
Can be
Loud
Soft
Non Progressive
pp
Very soft
PIANISSIMO
p
Soft
PIANO
mp
Somewhat Soft
MEZZOPIANO
mf
Somewhat Loud
MEZZOFORTE
f
Loud
FORTE
ff
Very Loud
FORTISSIMO
Progressive
Crescendo
slowly growing louder
Diminuendo
slowly growing softer
Another
FP
LOUD AND THEN SOFT
PF
SOFT AND THEN LOUD