Compared to the pieces that I played in middle school, Moscow, 1941 by Brian Balmages seems a bit on the easy side.
This piece is played on the key of C Major (No sharps or flats) with a few accidentals (Occasional sharps/flats thats written in and is played for the whole measure of the measure it's written in)
Andante - Walking speed, like slow
Poco Accel. - Gradually become faster
Poco rit. - Gradually slow down
A Tempo - Go back to original tempo, in this piece it would be andante (quarter note = 70)
F - Forte/loud
P - Piano/soft/quiet
Mf - Mezzo forte/medium loudness
Mp - Mezzo piano/medium quietness
Crescendo - Slowly get louder
Decrescendo - Slowly get quieter
Slurs - Connect the notes/don't breathe between
Bar./Euph. - It means that the baritone and euphonium plays there and I don't unless there isn't enough sound and the conductor directs me to play
Staccato - Light and separated
FF - Fortissimo which is very loud (still have good tone though)
Accents - Make the note stand out by starting loud and quieting down as the note dies out (only on how many beats the note is worth)
Nice work. The sections where it has excerpts other instruments play, like the Bar./Euph section are called cues (you probably knew that, but maybe forgot!)
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