Music signs

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	-upstroke. Start from the point of the bow and move towards the frog (where you hold the bow) -down stroke. Start from your hand and move the hand downwards.

	The bonding means that you are taking the notes with the bow in the same direction (Legato in Italian) A point means staccato, or blow. A line means portato or long but detached.
*pizz.*	pizzicato means that you should use your fingers to pluck the string instead of using the bow..

	Fermat the note should be kept longer.
	Musical strength
p pp ppp mf f ff fff *cresc.* decres.	Italian abbrieviations: p = piano (silent) pp=pianissimo (very silent) ppp= piano pianissimo (as week as possible) mf= mezzoforte (medium) f = forte (loud) ff= fortissimo (very lound ff= forte fortissimo (As loud as possible) *crescendo* :increasing loudness *decrescendo* decreasing loudness
	Tempo
Largo Andante Allegretto Allegro Vivace Presto Prestissimo	Largo= Very slow Andante= Walking: Relatively slow Allegretto=A little bit slower than Allegro Allegro= steady Vivace=Lievely Presto= Fast Prestissimo= Fastest tempo


*acc.* *rit.*	accelerando: faster and faster ritardando slower and slower rallentando may also be used for slowing down
	Trill
	tr is always starting on the note above In swedish folk music the trills are used extensively but often "the easiest" trill is used. This means that if the note is on the first finger you trill with the second finger above the note. If the note is on the second finger you will trill with starting on the first finger going upwards to the second finger where the trill ends.	May also be written
	starts on the note and then takes the note above
	starts on the note takes both the note above and below