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Accelerando
means
Accelerating
Adagietto
means
Fairly Slowly
Adagio Cantabile E Sostenuto
means
Very Slow and in a Sustained Singing Style
Adagio
means
Slowly
Affrettando
means
To Increase Speed Gradually
Agitato
means
With Agitation
Excitedly
Al Fine
means
To the End
Allargando
means
Broadening
Allegretto Con Grazia
means
A Moving Tempo
With a graceful flowing style
Allegretto
means
Fairly Lively
Allegro Con Molto Spirito
means
Fast With Much Spirit
Allegro
means
Lively
Andante
means
At a Walking Pace
Andante Maestoso
means
Rather Slow & Moving Tempo
Majestic feeling
Animato
means
Spirited
Appassionato
means
With Intensity
And depth of feeling
Arpeggio
means
A Broken Chord
Attacca
means
Begin the Next Movement Immediately
Brillante
means
Bright
Brio
means
Vigor
Spirit
Cadence
means
The Ending of a Phrase
Cantabile
means
In a Singing Style
Capo
means
Beginning
A Cappella
means
Unaccompanied
Coda
means
Final Part of a Movement
Con Amor
means
With Love
Con Brio
means
With Spirit
Con Effetto
means
With Effect
Con Fuoco
means
With Fire, in a Fiery Manner
Con Moto
means
With Motion
Con Slancio
means
With Enthusiasm
Con Sordino
means
With the Mute
Crescendo
means
Progressively Louder
Da Capo
means
From the Beginning
Diminuendo (dim.)
means
With Gradually Decreasing Volume
Dolce
means
Sweetly
Dolente
means
Sorrowfully
Energico
means
With Expression
Eroico
means
Heroically
Espirando
means
Gasping, Dying Away
Espressivo
means
Expressively
Fine
means
The End
Forte
means
Loudly
Fortissimo
means
Very Loudly
Fuoco
means
With Fire
Or much energy
Gaudioso
means
With Joy
Glissando
means
Sliding
Grandioso
means
In a Noble, Elevated Style
Grave
means
Very Slow and Solemn
Larghetto
means
Fairly Slowly
Largo Ma Non Troppo
means
Slow, but Not Too Slow
Largo
means
Very Slowly
Legato
means
Smoothly
Lento
means
Slowly
Maestoso
means
With Majesty and Grandeur
Marcato
means
In a Marked and Emphatic Style
Martellato
means
Hammered out
Meno
means
Less
Mezzo Forte
means
Moderately Loud
Mezzo
means
Half
Mezzo Piano
means
Moderately Softly
Moderato
means
Moderately
Molto
means
Very
Mosso
means
Fast
Moto
means
Motion
Non Troppo
means
Not Too Much
Obbligato
means
Not to Be Omitted
Passionato
means
Passionately
Pesante
means
Heavily
Every note with marked emphasis
Pianissimo
means
Very Softly
Piano
means
Softly
Piu
means
More
Pizzicato
means
Plucked
Poco Piu Mosso
means
A Little Quicker
Poco a Poco
means
Little by Little
Portamento
means
Carrying One Note Into the Next
Prestissimo
means
As Fast As Possible
Presto Con Leggerezza
means
Fast, With Lightness
Presto
means
Very Quickly
Quasi
means
In the Manner of
Rallentando (rall.)
means
Progressively Slower
Rapido
means
Fast
Ritardando
means
Progressively Slower
Ritard. or rit.
Ritenuto
means
To Hold Back
Rubato
means
Free from Strict Tempo
Literally means "Robbed', a lingering on some notes and hurrying of others
Scherzando
means
Playfully
Scherzo
means
A Jest
A composition of light and playful character
Secco
means
Dry
Plain, without ornamentation
Sempre
means
Always
Senza
means
Without
Sforzando
means
A Sudden Strong Accent
Sostenuto
means
Sustained
Sotto Voce
means
In an Undertone
Spiritoso
means
Spirited
Staccato
means
Detached
Stretto
means
A Faster Tempo at the Climactic Concluding Section of a Piece
Generally in Italian opera."The term is sometimes used, interchangeably with ‘stretta’, to indicate a faster tempo at the climactic concluding section of a piece; such sections are often headed ‘stretto’ or ‘stretta’.
Stringendo
means
To Increase Intensity
By increasing tempo
Subito
means
Suddenly
Tacet
means
Be Silent
A Tempo
means
In the Original Tempo
Tempo
means
Time
"Tempo" means Time, while "a tempo" means "keeping time".
Tenuto
means
Held
Tutti
means
All Together
Vif
means
Lively
Vivace
means
Lively
Vivacissimo
means
Very Lively
Vivement
means
Lively
Vivo
means
Lively
Volante
means
Flying
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