Take 5 common performance directions

Question 1

a capella

Answer 1

unaccompanied (voices)

Question 2

agitato

Answer 2

agitated

Question 3

alla

Answer 3

in the manner of

Question 4

amoroso

Answer 4

lovingly

Question 5

anima, con anima

Answer 5

soulfully

Question 6

animato

Answer 6

animated

Question 7

appassionato

Answer 7

passionately

Question 8

arco

Answer 8

use the bow (string players)

Question 9

assai

Answer 9

very

Question 10

attacca

Answer 10

go straight on

Question 11

bravura

Answer 11

boldness

Question 12

brillante

Answer 12

brilliant

Question 13

brioso, con brio

Answer 13

with vigour

Question 14

cantabile

Answer 14

in a singing style

Question 15

coda

Answer 15

an ending to the music

Question 16

col, coll, con

Answer 16

with

Question 17

da

Answer 17

from

Question 18

da capo

Answer 18

from the beginning

Question 19

dolce

Answer 19

sweetly

Question 20

dolente

Answer 20

sadly

Question 21

dolore

Answer 21

sorrow

Question 22

espressivo

Answer 22

with expression

Question 23

fine

Answer 23

end

Question 24

forza

Answer 24

force

Question 25

fuoco

Answer 25

fire

Question 26

furioso

Answer 26

furiously

Question 27

giocoso

Answer 27

playfully

Question 28

giusto

Answer 28

proper, exact

Question 29

glissando

Answer 29

sliding

Question 30

granioso

Answer 30

grandly

Question 31

grave

Answer 31

solemn

Question 32

grazioso

Answer 32

gracefully

Question 33

lacrimoso

Answer 33

sadly, tearfully

Question 34

legato

Answer 34

smoothly

Question 35

leggiero

Answer 35

lightly

Question 36

lugubre

Answer 36

doleful, mournful

Question 37

lunga pausa

Answer 37

long pause