Italian Terms

a tempo poco agitato return to the normal speed , a little agitated

a tempo
- resume the normal speed
Ad libitum
- at pleasure
Adagietto
- rather slow (but faster than adagio)
adagio molto esppresive - much slower and expressively
Adagio
- slow
affettuoso
- tenderly
affrettando
- hurrying
Agitato
- agitated
Alla breve
- 2 minim beats (
2)
Alla Marcia
- In the style of a march
allegra assai vivace - very lively and quick
allegretto grazioso - slightly slower than allegro and gracefully
Allegretto
- slightly slower than allegro
allegro moderato - moderately fast
allegro scherzando - lively and playfully
allegro molto
- much faster and lively
amabile
- amiable, pleasant
Amore
- love (amoroso : loving)
anacrusis
- up beat
Andante affettuoso - tenderly at a walking pace
andante con moto - at a walking pace with movement
andante mosso
- moderate movement
andante
- at a walking pace
andantino
- either a little slower or faster then andante
andate cantabile con espressione a singing style at moderate pace and
expressively
Anima
- soul, spirit ( con anima : with feeling, spirited)
Animato
- animated, lively (animando : getting more lively)
appassionato
- with passion
arpeggiation
- the notes are played one after the other as quickly
as possible, starting from the bottom note
Ben
- well
ben legato
- very smooth
Brio
- vigour (con brio : with vigour, lively)
calando
- getting softer, dying away
cantabile
- in a siging style
cantando
- singing
come prima
- as before

come sopra
come
Comodo
Deciso
Delicate
dolce
Energico
express con anima
expressivo dolce
facile
Forza
fp
fuoco
giocaso
giusto
listesso
lstesso tempo
langsam, lento
Largamente
largo
legato
Leggiero
lent
Lento
maestoso
Marcato
Marziale
Mesto
molto
molto expressivo
molto marcato
molto tranquillo
molto vivace
morendo
mosso
niente
nobilmente
non troppo allegro
perdendosi
Pesante
piu f

- as above
- as, similar to
- convenient ( tempo comodo : at a convenient speed)
- with determination
- delicate
- sweetly
- energetic
- espressive with animation
- expressive and sweetly
- easy
- force
- loud then soft at once
- fire
- merry, playful
- proper, exact
- the same
- at the same speed
- slow
- broadly
- slow and stately
- perform the notes smoothly
- lightly
- slow
- slow
- majestically
- marked, accented
- martial
- sad
- much
- more expression
- much accented
- more tranquil
- more lively , quick
- dying away
- movement
- nothing
- nobly
- not very lively
- dying away
- heavy
- more loud

piu lento
- more slow
poco a poco cres - little by a little getting gradually louder
poco f
- a little louder
poco lento
- a little slow
poco rall
- a little slower
poco rit
- a little hold back (slower at once)
possible
- possible
presto possible
- as fast as possible
presto, ma non troppo
- fast, but not too much
Prima, primo
- first
quasi triste
- as if, sad, sorrowful
quasi
- as if, resembling
quietest note
- fifth note
rall
- rallentando getting gradually slower
Risoluto
- bold, strong
rit
- getting slower
Ritmico
- rhythmically
Rubato
- robbed (tempo rubato : with some freedom of time)
Scherzando, scherzoso playful, joking
Seconda
- second
Semplice
- simple, plain
Sempre
- always
sf
- sudden accent
sfz
- forced, accented
slur
- perform the notes smoothly
sonoro
- resonant, with rich tone above
sopra
- above
sostenuto
- sustained
sotto voce
- in an undertone
sotto
- below
Stringendo
- getting faster
Subito
- suddenly
Tanto
- so much
tempo giusto
- in strict time
ten.
- held
Tranquillo
- calm, tranquil
tres modere
- at a very moderato pace
Triste, tristamente sad, sorrowful
troppo
- too much
veloce
- swift
vivace
- lively

vivo, ma non troppo - lively but not too much

voce
- voice
Volta
- time (prima volta : first time)
P______
- depress the right pedal of the piano, then release
.
- sharp and short accent
- acciaccatura
- arpeggiation
....
- half detached
- semi staccato half detached
- appoggiatura
- accent
- turn
- lower turn
- repeat from the first bar
- mordent
- inverted mordent
- appoggiatura
- tie : the 2nd note is not sounded but held for its full
value
- the first dot equals to a quaver, the second dot
equals to a semiquaver
- the note is given prominence
- 3 quavers performed in the time of 2 and is
equivalent to one crotchet
- the first note is given prominence ant the second
note is half detached
- staccatissimo : very short and sharp accent

FRENCH TERMS
A
Anime
Assez
Avec
Cedez un peu
Cedez
Douce
En dehors
En pressant
En retenant

- to, at
- animated, lively
- enough, sufficiently
- with
- relax the speed a little
- yield, relax the speed
- sweet
- prominent
- hurrying on
- holding back, slowing a little

Et
Lebhaft aber zart
Legerement
Lent
Mais
Modere
Moins
Nitch zu schnell
Non
Peu
Plus
Presser
Ralentir
Retenu
Sans
Schnell
Tres
Un, une
Vif
Vite

- and
- lively but delicate
- light
- slow
- but
- at a moderate speed
- less
- not too fast
- not
- little
- more
- hurry
- slow down
- held back
- without
- fast
- very
- one
- lively
- quick

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