Carol of the Bells Vocabulary

• Allegro
• A fast tempo marking
• Staccato
• A style of playing notes in a detached, separated, distinct manner
• Sempre
• Always
• Crescendo
• A directive to a performer to smoothly increase the volume of a particular passage or phrase
• Simile
• A directive to perform the indicated passage in the same manner as the previous passage
• Ritard
• A directive to perform a passage with a gradually delaying tempo