Advanced Vocab Flashcards
Léger
Light, lightly
Cédez
Yield; hold the tempo back
Lentement
Slowly
Modéré
At a moderate tempo
Mouvement
Tempo; motion
Vite
Fast
Ausdrucksvoll
Expressively
Bewegt
Agitated, excited
B moll
B flat minor
Dur
Major (key)
H dur
B major
Langsam
Slowly
Lebhaft
Lively
Mässig
Moderately
Moll
Minor (key)
Ruhig
Quietly
Sehr
Very
Schnell
Fast, quick
Ad libitum
At the liberty of the performer
Agitato
Agitated
Allargando
Broadening, becoming slower
Arco
Resume bowing after playing pizzicato
Attaca
Proceed without a break
Calando
Becoming slower and softer
Comodo, commodo
At a comfortable easy tempo
Con fuoco
With fire
Con grazia
With grace
Con sordino
With the mute
Dolente
Sadly
Giocoso
Humorously, jocose
Grandioso
Grandly, grandiose
Largamente
Broadly
L’istesso tempo
At the same speed
Martellato
Hammered, strongly accented
Mesto
Sadly, mournfully
Morendo
Dying, fading away
Pesante
Weighty, with emphasis
Pizzicato
Pluck the string instead of bowing
Primo, prima
First; the upper part of a duet
Quindicesima alta (15ma)
Two octaves higher
Risoluto
Resolute
Ritenuto
Suddenly slower, held back
Scherzando
Playfully
Secondo, seconds
Second; second or lower part of a duet
Semplice
Simply
Sforzando
A sudden strong accent of a single note or chord
Simile
Continue in the same manner as has just been indicated
Sonore
Sonorously
Sotto voce
Soft, subdued, under the breath
Stringendo
Pressing, becoming faster
Subito
Suddenly
Sul ponticello
On the bridge (strings)
Tacet
Be silent
Tutti
All performers are to take part
Vivo
Lively
Volta
“Time”
Volti subito (V.S.)
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