Music theory (foreign words)
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- Accelerando
- Getting gradually quicker
- adagio
- slow
- allegretto
- fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro)
- allegro
- quick (cheerful)
- andante
- at a medium, "walking" speed
- cantabile
- in a singing style
- crescendo
- getting gradually louder
- da capo
- Repeat from the beginning
- dal segno
- repeat form the sign
- decrescendo/diminuendo
- getting gradually quicker
- fine
- the end
- forte
- loud
- fortissimo
- very loud
- legato
- smoothly
- lento
- slow
- mezzo
- half
- mezzo forte
- moderately loud
- mezzo piano
- moderately quiet
- moderato
- moderately
- allegro moderato
- moderately quick
- piano
- quiet
- pianomisso
- very quiet
- poco
- a little
- rallentando
- gradually getting slower
- ritardando
- gradually getting slower
- ritenuto
- held back
- staccato
- detached
- tempo
- speed, time
- a tempo
- in time
- ottavo
- octave
- a
- at, to , by, for, in , in the style of
- al, alla
- to the, in the manner of
- alla marcia
- in the style of a march
- allargando
- broadening (getting a little slower and probably a little louder)
- andantino
- slightly faster than Andante (but may also mean slightly slower)
- assai
- very
- allegro assai
- very quick
- con, col
- with
- dolce
- sweet, soft
- e,ed
- and
- espressivo
- expressive
- fortepiano
- loud, then immediately soft
- giocoso
- playful, merry
- grave
- very slow, solemn
- grazioso
- graceful
- larghetto
- rather slow (but not as slow as largo)
- ma
- but
- maestoso
- majestic
- meno
- less
- molto
- very, much
- mosso, moto
- movement
- meno mosso
- slower
- con moto
- with movement
- non
- not
- più
- more
- presto
- fast (faster than allegro)
- senza
- without
- sforzando / sforzato
- forced, accented
- simile
- in the same way
- sostenuto
- sustained
- tenuto
- held
- troppo
- too much
- non troppo
- not too much
- vivace, vivo
- lively , quick
- adagietto
- rather slow (but faster than adagio)
- ad libitum
- at choice, meaning that a passage may be played freely
- agitato
- agitated
- alla breve
- with a minium beat, equivalent to 2/2, implying a faster tempo than the note valeues might otherwise suggest
- amore
- love, soul, spirit
- amoroso
- loving
- con anima
- "with feeling" or "spirited'
- animato
- animated, lively
- animando
- becoming more lively
- ben
- well
- brio
- vigour
- con brio
- with vigour, lively
- comodo
- convenient
- tempo comodo
- at a comfortablel speed
- deciso
- with determination
- delicato
- delicate
- energico
- energetic
- forza
- force
- largamente
- broadly
- leggiero
- light, nimble
- marcato
- emphatic, accented
- marziale
- in a military style
- mesto
- sad
- pesante
- heavy
- prima, primo
- first
- risoluto
- bold, strong
- ritmico
- rhythmically
- rubato, tempo rubato
- with some freedom of time
- scherzando,scherzoso
- playful, joking
- seconda, secondo
- second
- semplice
- simple, plain
- sempre
- always
- stringendo
- gradually getting faster
- subito
- suddenly
- tanto
- so much
- tranquillo
- calm
- triste, tristamente
- sad, sorrowful
- volto
- time
- prima volta
- first time
- seconda volta
- second time
- affettuoso
- tenderly
- affrettando
- hurrying
- amabile
- amiable, plesant
- appassionato
- with passion
- calando
- getting softer, dying away (and usually slowing down)
- cantando
- singing
- come
- as, similar to
- come prima
- as before
- come sopra
- as above
- facile
- easy
- fuoco
- fire
- guisto
- proper, exact
- tempo guisto
- in strict tome
- l'istesso
- the same
- l'istesso tempo
- at the same speed
- morendo
- dying away
- niente
- nothing
- nobilmente
- nobly
- perdendosi
- dying away
- possible
- possible
- presto possible
- as fast as possible
- quasi
- as if, resembling
- sonoro
- resonant, with rich tone
- sopra
- above
- sotto
- below
- sotto voce
- in an undertone
- veloce
- swift
- voce
- voice
- à (f)
- to, at (f)
- animé (f)
- animated, lively (f)
- assez (f)
- enough, sufficiently (f)
- avec (f)
- with (f)
- cédez (f)
- yield, relax the speed (f)
- douce (f)
- sweet (f)
- en dehors (f)
- prominent (a direction to make a melody stand out) (f)
- et (f)
- and (f)
- légèrement (f)
- light (f)
- lent (f)
- slow (f)
- mais (f)
- but (f)
- moins (f)
- less (f)
- modéré (f)
- at a moderate speed (f)
- non (f)
- not (f)
- peu (f)
- little (f)
- plus (f)
- more (f)
- presser (f)
- hurry (f)
- en pressent (f)
- hurrying on (f)
- ralentir (f)
- slow down (f)
- retenu (f)
- held back (f)
- en retenant (f)
- holding back, slowing a little (f)
- sans (f)
- without (f)
- très (f)
- very (f)
- un, une (f)
- one (f)
- vif (f)
- lively (f)
- vite (f)
- quick (f)
- con sordini
- with mutes
- senza sordini
- without mutes
- what are mutes?
- devices that string or brass instruments use to soften the sound
- pizzicato
- a direction to string players to pluck the strings with their fingers instead of a bow
- arco
- bow is to be used again
- Sul G
- play on the G string
- sul ponticello
- play near the bridge
- violin
- treble clef
- viola
- alto clef
- cello
- bass clef
- double bass
- bass clef
- flute
- treble clef
- oboe
- treble clef
- clarinet
- trebe clef
- bassoon
- bass clef
- trumpet
- treble clef
- horn
- treble clef
- trombone
- bass clef
- tuba
- bass clef
- acciaccature
- plural of an acciaccatura
- appoggiature
- plural of a appoggiatura
- tuba
- bass clef