Hey there! Welcome to 001011 Falcon! This is a website for my school's 6th-8th grade band! Enjoy the music! :)

001011 Falcon started in 2007, during the 07-08 school year at the middle school. 8th grader Nicky E. started a youtube account to put the songs that they played online, so people could listen to them, and give feedback, etc.

Eventually, the youtube account escalated into a protopage. And that's where we are now.

03/08/08 - Protopage's B-Day

Hey there! Today, I, Nicky, created this protopage. I hope you all enjoy it and leave lots of comments! :)

Having trouble with your music? Well, here's some stuff that may help out!

THESE LISTS ARE INCOMPLETE! SEND US A MESSAGE WITH THE MARKING AND WE'LL ADD/EDIT IT!

p - piano - soft

f - forte - strong

mp - mezzo-piano - moderately soft

mf - mezzo-forte - moderately strong

ff - fortissimo - very strong

pp - pianissimo - very soft

[fff = fortissimissimo, stronger than fortissimo, ppp = pianissimissimo, softer than pianissimo, to symbolize softer or stronger than these, more p's or f's are added.]

sf, sfz, fz - Sforzando - a strong, sudden accent

sfp - Sforzando followed by a piano. A sudden change in dynamics

< - crescendo - gradually get louder

> - decrescendo - gradually get softer

From fastest to slowest, the common tempo markings are:

• Prestissimo — extremely fast (200 - 208 bpm)
• Vivacissimamente — adverb of vivacissimo, "very quickly and lively"
• Vivacissimo — very fast and lively
• Presto — very fast (168 - 200 bpm)
• Allegrissimo — very fast
• Vivo — lively and fast
• Vivace — lively and fast (~140 bpm)
• Allegro — fast and bright or "march tempo" (120 - 168 bpm)
• Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112 - 124 bpm)
• Allegretto — moderately fast (but less so than allegro)
• Moderato — moderately (108 - 120 bpm)
• Andantino — alternatively faster or slower than andante
• Andante — at a walking pace (76 - 108 bpm)
• Tranquillamente — adverb of tranquillo, "tranquilly"
• Tranquillo — tranquil
• Adagietto — rather slow (70 - 80 bpm)
• Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66 - 76 bpm)
• Grave — slow and solemn
• Larghetto — rather broadly (60 - 66 bpm)
• Largo — Very slow (40 - 60 bpm), like lento
• Lento — very slow (40 - 60 bpm)
• Largamente/Largo — "broadly", very slow (40 bpm and below)
• Larghissimo — very slow (20 bpm and below)

Taken from Wikipedia

rit., ritard, ritardando - tempo change according to conductor

(· - fermata - hold the note out until the conductor cuts off