Advanced Vocab Flashcards by Peachball Xu | Brainscape

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Léger

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Light, lightly

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Cédez

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Yield; hold the tempo back

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Lentement

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Slowly

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Modéré

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At a moderate tempo

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Mouvement

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Tempo; motion

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Vite

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Fast

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Ausdrucksvoll

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Expressively

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Bewegt

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Agitated, excited

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B moll

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B flat minor

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Dur

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Major (key)

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H dur

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B major

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Langsam

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Slowly

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Lebhaft

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Lively

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Mässig

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Moderately

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Moll

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Minor (key)

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Ruhig

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Quietly

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Sehr

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Very

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Schnell

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Fast, quick

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Ad libitum

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At the liberty of the performer

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Agitato

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Agitated

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Allargando

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Broadening, becoming slower

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Arco

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Resume bowing after playing pizzicato

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Attaca

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Proceed without a break

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Calando

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Becoming slower and softer

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Comodo, commodo

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At a comfortable easy tempo

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Con fuoco

A

With fire

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Con grazia

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With grace

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Con sordino

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With the mute

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Dolente

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Sadly

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Giocoso

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Humorously, jocose

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Grandioso

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Grandly, grandiose

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Largamente

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Broadly

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L’istesso tempo

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At the same speed

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Martellato

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Hammered, strongly accented

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Mesto

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Sadly, mournfully

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Morendo

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Dying, fading away

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Pesante

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Weighty, with emphasis

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Pizzicato

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Pluck the string instead of bowing

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Primo, prima

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First; the upper part of a duet

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Quindicesima alta (15ma)

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Two octaves higher

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Risoluto

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Resolute

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Ritenuto

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Suddenly slower, held back

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Scherzando

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Playfully

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Secondo, seconds

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Second; second or lower part of a duet

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Semplice

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Simply

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Sforzando

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A sudden strong accent of a single note or chord

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Simile

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Continue in the same manner as has just been indicated

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Sonore

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Sonorously

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Sotto voce

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Soft, subdued, under the breath

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Stringendo

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Pressing, becoming faster

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Subito

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Suddenly

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Sul ponticello

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On the bridge (strings)

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Tacet

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Be silent

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Tutti

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All performers are to take part

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Vivo

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Lively

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Volta

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“Time”

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Volti subito (V.S.)

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