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A Cappella | Unaccompanied vocal music |
A tempo | Resume the normal speed |
Accelerando | Gradually faster |
Adagio | Slow, leisurely |
Agitato | Agitated |
Allegretto | Rather lively (less than Allegro) |
Allegro | Lively, quite fast |
Andante | At a moderate pace, (lit. walking) |
Animato | Animated |
Arco | With the bow |
Assai | Very |
Attacca | Go on at once, without a break |
Bewegt | Agitated, with movement |
Breve | A note equal in length to four minims |
Brillante | Brilliant |
Brio | Life, Vigour |
Calando | Reducing tone and speed |
Cantabile | In a singing style |
Capo | The beginning |
Col | With the |
Colla parte | A direction to follow the soloist |
Come | At |
Comodo | Convenient |
Con | With |
Crescendo | Becoming gradually louder |
Da | From |
Deciso | Decisively, firmly |
Diminuendo | Becoming gradually quieter |
Dolce | Tenderly, sweetly |
Dolente | Sadly |
Doppio | Double |
Duo | A duet |
Espressivo | With expression, with feeling |
Finale | The last movement, e.g. of a Sonata |
Fine | The end |
Forte | Loud |
Forza | Force |
Frisch | Vigorous |
Fuoco | Fire |
Furioso | Furiously |
Gesangvoll | In a singing style |
Giocoso | Merry, happily, playfully |
Giusto | Strict, exact |
Grandioso | Grandly |
Grave | Very slow |
Grazioso | Gracefully |
Incalzando | Increasing speed and often, increasing tone |
Innig | Heartfelt, sincere |
Lamentoso | Mournfully |
Langsam | Slow |
Largamente | Broadly |
Largo | Stately, broad, slow |
Legato | Smoothly, the opposite of Staccato |
Leggiero | Light and delicate |
Leise | Soft, gentle |
Lent | Slow |
Lontano | As from a distance |
Lustig | Cheerful |
Ma | But |
Ma non troppo | But not too much |
Maestoso | Majestically |
Mancando | Waning, dying away |
Mano Destra | Right hand |
Mano sinistra | Left hand |
Marcato | Marked, accented |
Marcia | A March |
Martellato | Hammered out |
Marziale | In a military style |
Meno | Less |
Mesto | Sadly |
Mezzo forte | Moderately loud |
Mit | With |
Moderato | Moderate time |
Molto | Much |
Munter | Lively |
Nicht | Not |
Non tanto | Not so much |
Obbligato | Obligatory |
Ostinato | Frequently repeated |
Ped. | Press the sustaining pedal of the piano |
Perdendosi | Dying away |
Pianissimo | Very soft |
Piano | Soft (quiet) |
Pizzicato | Plucked (in string music) |
Plus | More |
Poco | A little |
Poco a poco | Little by little |
Presto | Very quick |
Primo | First |
Rallentando | Gradually getting slower |
Rigoroso | Strictly |
Ritardando | Gradually getting slower |
Ritenuto | Hold back, slower at once |
Ruhig | Peaceful |
Sans | Without |
Schnell | Fast |
Sehr | Very |
Semplice | Simple |
Sempre | Always |
Senza | Without |
Sforzando | Forced, accented |
Simile | In a similar manner |
Sostenuto | Sustained |
Staccato | Detached notes, opposite of legato |
Stringendo | Gradually faster |
Subito | Suddenly |
Tempo | The speed of the music |
Tenuto | Held |
Tranquillo | Calm, tranquil |
Traurig | Sad |
Tutti | All |
Un peu | A little |
Vif | Lively, quick |
Vivace | Lively, quick |
Volti subito | Turn the page quickly |
Wenig | Little |
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Musical terms: | |
A Cappella | Unaccompanied vocal music |
A tempo | Resume the normal speed |
Accelerando | Gradually faster |
Adagio | Slow, leisurely |
Agitato | Agitated |
Allegretto | Rather lively (less than Allegro) |
Allegro | Lively, quite fast |
Andante | At a moderate pace, (lit. walking) |
Animato | Animated |
Arco | With the bow |
Assai | Very |
Attacca | Go on at once, without a break |
Bewegt | Agitated, with movement |
Breve | A note equal in length to four minims |
Brillante | Brilliant |
Brio | Life, Vigour |
Calando | Reducing tone and speed |
Cantabile | In a singing style |
Capo | The beginning |
Col | With the |
Colla parte | A direction to follow the soloist |
Come | At |
Comodo | Convenient |
Con | With |
Crescendo | Becoming gradually louder |
Da | From |
Deciso | Decisively, firmly |
Diminuendo | Becoming gradually quieter |
Dolce | Tenderly, sweetly |
Dolente | Sadly |
Doppio | Double |
Duo | A duet |
Espressivo | With expression, with feeling |
Finale | The last movement, e.g. of a Sonata |
Fine | The end |
Forte | Loud |
Forza | Force |
Frisch | Vigorous |
Fuoco | Fire |
Furioso | Furiously |
Gesangvoll | In a singing style |
Giocoso | Merry, happily, playfully |
Giusto | Strict, exact |
Grandioso | Grandly |
Grave | Very slow |
Grazioso | Gracefully |
Incalzando | Increasing speed and often, increasing tone |
Innig | Heartfelt, sincere |
Lamentoso | Mournfully |
Langsam | Slow |
Largamente | Broadly |
Largo | Stately, broad, slow |
Legato | Smoothly, the opposite of Staccato |
Leggiero | Light and delicate |
Leise | Soft, gentle |
Lent | Slow |
Lontano | As from a distance |
Lustig | Cheerful |
Ma | But |
Ma non troppo | But not too much |
Maestoso | Majestically |
Mancando | Waning, dying away |
Mano Destra | Right hand |
Mano sinistra | Left hand |
Marcato | Marked, accented |
Marcia | A March |
Martellato | Hammered out |
Marziale | In a military style |
Meno | Less |
Mesto | Sadly |
Mezzo forte | Moderately loud |
Mit | With |
Moderato | Moderate time |
Molto | Much |
Munter | Lively |
Nicht | Not |
Non tanto | Not so much |
Obbligato | Obligatory |
Ostinato | Frequently repeated |
Ped. | Press the sustaining pedal of the piano |
Perdendosi | Dying away |
Pianissimo | Very soft |
Piano | Soft (quiet) |
Pizzicato | Plucked (in string music) |
Plus | More |
Poco | A little |
Poco a poco | Little by little |
Presto | Very quick |
Primo | First |
Rallentando | Gradually getting slower |
Rigoroso | Strictly |
Ritardando | Gradually getting slower |
Ritenuto | Hold back, slower at once |
Ruhig | Peaceful |
Sans | Without |
Schnell | Fast |
Sehr | Very |
Semplice | Simple |
Sempre | Always |
Senza | Without |
Sforzando | Forced, accented |
Simile | In a similar manner |
Sostenuto | Sustained |
Staccato | Detached notes, opposite of legato |
Stringendo | Gradually faster |
Subito | Suddenly |
Tempo | The speed of the music |
Tenuto | Held |
Tranquillo | Calm, tranquil |
Traurig | Sad |
Tutti | All |
Un peu | A little |
Vif | Lively, quick |
Vivace | Lively, quick |
Volti subito | Turn the page quickly |
Wenig | Little |
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