Accelerando (accel.) = gradually increase speed ================== Adagio = slowly, leisurely ======================================== Ad libitum(ad lib.) = at the performer's pleasure ================= Agitato = restless, agitated ================ Allargando = gradually slower, louder and broader================== Allegretto = moderatly fast, lively =============================== Allegro = lively, brisk, rapid, quick ============================= Amore = tenderness, affection ==================================== Andante = moderatly slow time, a walking speed===================== Animato = with spirit============================================ A poco a poco - little by little ============================== Assai = very =================================================== A tempo = in the original tempo (speed)========================= Ben = well==================================================== Ben marcato = very well======================================== Bravura = boldness, force ===================================== Brio = vigor, animation ======================================== Cantabile = in a singing style ===================================== Con = with ======================================================= Con moto = with motion ============================================= Con spirito = with spirit ============================================= Crescendo (cresc.) = increasing in loudness, gradually louder ============ Da capo (D.C.) = repeat from the begining ============================= Dal segno (D.S.) = repeat from the sign =========================== Decresendo (decresc.) = decrease in loudness, gradually softer=============== détaché = detached =============================================== Diminuendo (dim.) = gradually softer ============================= Dolce = sweetly, softly============================================== Energia = energy, force ================================================== Expressione = expression, feeling ============================================ Farza = force or emphasis ======================================================= Forte (f) = strong, loud =========================================================== Fortissimo (ff) = very strong, loud ============================================= Fortississimo(fff) = very strong, loud ========================================== Fuoco = fire, energy ======================================= Grandioso = grandly ===================================================== Grave = slow and solemn ========================================== Grazia = grace, elegance ========================================================= Grazioso = in a gracful manner ================================================== Largo = broad and smooth ================================================= Legato = Smoothly (opposite of staccato) ======================================================================================================== Lento = moderately slow =================================================== Ma = but ============================================================== Maestoso = majestic, stately ================================================== Marcato = marked ======================================================== martelé = hammered stroke =============================== Meno = less ===================================== Meno mosso = less motion, slower ========================================== Mezzo = half, moderately medium ============================= Moderato = moderately fast ============================= Molto = much =================================================== Morendo = dying away in tone and time ================================================= Mosso = action movement ============================= Non = not ================================================== Opus (op.) = a musical composiiton, a work =========================== Passionato = with fervor ===================== Passione = passion, feeling ====================================================== Piano (p) = softly ========================== Pianissimo (pp) = very softly ==================================== Pianississimo (ppp) = very very softly =============================== Piu = more Poco = a little =============================================================== Poco a poco = little by little ========================================= Poco a poco animato = animated little by little ==================================== Pomposo = pompously ============================================== Piu mosso = more motion ================================================= Presto = very quick, very very lively ========================================= Quasi = almost ========================================================= Rallentando (rall.) = gradually slower ========================================= Risoluto = in a resolute manner ====================================== Ritardando(rit) = Rallentando(rall.) = gradually retarding ============================= Rubato = robbed time - increasing and decreasing tempo in a passage =============================== Scherzando = playfully, sportively ============================= Sempre = always ========================================= Simile = in the same manner =================================== Simplice = simply =============================================== son filé = with a spun sound ================================================= Sostenuto = sustained, prolonged ================================================= Sotto voce = in a quiet subdued tone, subdued voice ================================ Staccato = detached separated ================================================ Subito = suddenly, immediately =============================================== sautillé = skipped or hopped tones ================================= Tempo = rate of speed ===================================================== Tempo di valse = in waltz time ======================== Tempo primo = Return to original tempo ======================================== Tenerezza = tenderness, delicacy ================================== Tenuto (ten.) = held full value, held longer ======================= Tranquillo = peacefuly, calmly ================================ troppo = too, too much ========================== Vibrato = a wavering tone effect ============================================= Vigoroso = vigorously ============================= Vivo = with life and animation =============================== Vivace = briskly, brightly, very lively ===================================
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