We are looking at tempo, dynamics and articulation.
DYNAMICS
A dynamic may change very suddenly, when this happens we use the word “subito” which is Italian for suddenly. Eg. subito f (or sub. f) means suddenly loud.
TEMPO
Here is a tempo tapper that enables you to find the bpm (beats per minute) of a song.
Here is a more comprehensive list of tempo markings.
Here is a link to an amazing online music dictionary which has every musical term you can imagine.
ARTICULATION
(PLEASE NOTE: The one that says "legato in groups" is an example of slurs)
This is Village Ghetto Land by Stevie Wonder which has some examples of interesting articulation:
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