1
Q
affetuoso
A
tenderly
2
Q
affretando
A
hurrying
3
Q
amabile
A
amiable, pleasant
4
Q
appassionato
A
with passion
5
Q
calando 💙
A
getting softer, dying away, usually slowing down
6
Q
cantando
A
singing
7
Q
come
A
as, similar to
8
Q
facile
A
easy
9
Q
fuoco
A
fire
10
Q
giusto
A
proper, exact
11
Q
l’istesso
A
the same
12
Q
morendo 💙
A
dying away
13
Q
niente
A
nothing
14
Q
noblimente
A
nobly
15
Q
perendosi 💙
A
dying away
16
Q
possible
A
possible (as ___ as possible)
17
Q
quasi
A
as if, resembling
18
Q
sonoro
A
resonant, with rich tone
19
Q
sopra
A
above
20
Q
sotto
A
below
21
Q
veloce
A
swift
22
Q
voce
A
voice
23
Q
attaca
A
go straight, onto the next section of music
24
Q
dolente
A
sad, mournful
25
dolore
grief
26
doppio movimento
twice as fast
27
estinto
as soft as possible, lifeless
28
loco
at the normal pitch (used to cancel octave)
29
lunga
long
30
lusingando
coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style
31
lacrimoso
sad
32
misura
measure, time
33
ossia
or, alternately
34
piacevole
pleasant
35
piangevole
plainitive, in the style of a lament
36
rinforzando, rf, rfz
reinforcing
37
segue
go straight on
38
smorzando, smorz. 💙
dying away in tone and speed
39
teneramente, tenerezza
tenderly, tenderness
40
tosto
swift, rapid
41
volante
flying, fast
42
adagietto
rather slow, but faster than adagio
43
ad libitum, ad lib.
at choice, meaning that a passage may be played freely
44
agitato
agitated
45
alla breve
with a minim beat, implying a faster tempo than the note values might otherwise suggest
46
amore
love
47
anima
soul, spirited, feeling
48
animato
animated, lively
49
ben
well
50
brio
vigour
51
comodo
convenient (convenient speed)
52
deciso
with determination
53
delicato
delicate
54
energico
energetic
55
forza
force
56
largamente
broadly
57
leggerio
light, nimble
58
marcato, marc.
emphatic, accented
59
marziale
in a military style
60
mesto
sad
61
morendo
dying away
62
pesante
heavy
63
prima, primo
first
64
risoluto
bold, strong
65
ritmico
rhythmically
66
rubato, tempo rubato
with some freedom of time
67
scherzando, scherzoso
playful, joking
68
seconda, secondo
second
69
semplice
simple, plain
70
sempre
always
71
a
at, to, by, for, in, in the style of
72
al, alla
to the, in the manner of, in the style of
73
allargando
broadening (getting a little slower and little louder)
74
andantino
slightly faster than Andante (might also mean slower)
75
assai
very
76
con, col
with
77
dolce
sweet
78
e,ed
and
79
espressivo
expressively
80
fortepiano, fp
loud, then immediately soft
81
giocoso
playful, merry
82
grave
very slow, solemn
83
grazioso
graceful
84
larghetto
rather slow, but not as slow as largo
85
largo
slow, stately
86
ma
but
87
maestoso
majestically
88
meno
less
89
molto
very, much
90
mosso, moto
movement
91
non
not
92
più
more
93
presto
fast (faster than Allegro)
94
senza
without
95
sforzando, sforzato (sf, sfz)
forced, accented
96
simile, sim.
in the same way
97
sostenuto
sustained
98
tenuto
held
99
troppo
too much
100
vivace, vivo
lively, quick
101
tristamente
sadly
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