Appendix E (Musical Terms) - Italian

Question 1

a tempo

Answer 1

return to original tempo

Question 2

a tempo giusto

Answer 2

in strict and exact time

Question 3

abbandono

Answer 3

unrestrained, free

Question 4

accelerando

Answer 4

with gradually increasing velocity of movement

Question 5

acciaccatura

Answer 5

ornament of keyboard music, played together with the principle note and released immediately

Question 6

ad libitum

Answer 6

at will or discretion

Question 7

adagio

Answer 7

slow, between largo and adante

Question 8

affettato

Answer 8

affected

Question 9

affettuoso

Answer 9

tender and affectionate

Question 10

affrettando

Answer 10

hastening, hurrying

Question 11

agitato

Answer 11

with agitation, excited

Question 12

alla

Answer 12

according to

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allegramente

Answer 13

gaily, merrily

Question 14

allegretto

Answer 14

tempo between andante and allegro

Question 15

allegro

Answer 15

fast lively cheerful

Question 16

amabile

Answer 16

sweet with love

Question 17

amoroso

Answer 17

loving, amorous

Question 18

ancora

Answer 18

yet, play again

Question 19

andante

Answer 19

moderately walking tempo

Question 20

andantino

Answer 20

tempo quicker than andante

Question 21

animato

Answer 21

animated

Question 22

appoggiatura

Answer 22

a grace note performed just before the principle note

Question 23

aria

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an accompanied song for solo voice

Question 24

arioso

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vocal music more melodic than a recitative but less formal than an aria

Question 25

assai

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very much

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ben

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well

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brillante

Answer 27

brilliant

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brio

Answer 28

with vigor, spirit

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cadenza

Answer 29

an embellished section at a cadence

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calando

Answer 30

gradually diminishing

Question 31

cantabile

Answer 31

singing style

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capo

Answer 32

head or beginning

Question 33

coda

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an added ending

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con

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with

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crescendo

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gradually increasing in loudness

Question 36

dal segno

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indicates repetition from the sign

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decsrescendo/diminuendo

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gradually decreasing in loudness

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delicato

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delicately

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dolce

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soft sweet

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dolente/doloroso

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sorrowful

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dolore

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pain anguish

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eguale

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equal, like, uniform

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elegante

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performed with elegance

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Energico

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perform with energy

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espressivo

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perform with expression

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fermata

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unmeasured pause or hold

Question 47

fine

Answer 47

end of a movement

Question 48

forte

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strong

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fortissimo

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very strong

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forza

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strength, force

Question 51

furioso

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furious, perform in a wild manner

Question 52

giusto

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in strict time

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glisssando

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rapid glide from one pitch to another

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grandioso

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perform in a noble, grand style

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grave

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extremely slow

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grazioso

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graceful

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grosso

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big

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gruppetto

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16th century name for a trill ornament

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impetuoso

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perform in impetuous manner

Question 60

larghetto

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slow but not as slow as largo

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largo

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very slow

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legato

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connected, performed without any perceptible interruption between notes

Question 63

leggiero

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night, nimble

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lento

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tempo between largo and larghetto

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maestoso

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majestic

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marcia

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march

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marcato

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marked, stressed

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marziale

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martial

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meno

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less

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mezzo

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half

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moderato

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moderately

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molto

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much or very

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morendo

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dying, fading away

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mosso

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motion

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non

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not

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pesante

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heavily

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piacere

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at pleasure

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pianissimo

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very soft

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piano

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soft

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piu

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more

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poco a poco

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little by little

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pomposo

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pompous

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precipitato

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hurried, rushing

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prestissimo

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as fast as possible

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presto

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very fast

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primo

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first

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quasi

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in the manner of

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religioso

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religious

Question 89

rinforzando

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a suddent accent

Question 90

risoluto

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resolute with a marked accent

Question 91

ritardando/rallentando

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gradually slowing in speed

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ritenuto

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suddenly slower

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rubato

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robbed, stolen, deliberate unsteadiness for tempo for expression

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scherzando

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playful, joking

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segno

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sign

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segue

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follows

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semplice

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simple

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sempre

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always, throughout

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senza

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without

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sforzando

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sudden accent

Question 101

silenzio

Answer 101

silence

Question 102

smorzando

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dying away, decreasing in volume

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soli

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plural of solo

Question 104

solo

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alone single performers

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sordino

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mute

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sostenuto

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sustaining the note to or beyond their normal values

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spirito

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with spirit

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staccato

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short, detached

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strepitoso

Answer 109

loud, noisy

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stringendo

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compressing, a quickening of the tempo

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subito

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suddenly, at once

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tacet

Answer 112

silent

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tempo

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the speed of a composition

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tenuto

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notes sustained to full value

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troppo

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too much

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tutti

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all, together

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vigoroso

Answer 117

vigorous, energetic

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vivace

Answer 118

quick, lively

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vivi

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lively, with vigor

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voce

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voice

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volti subito

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