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A tempo

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Return to original tempo

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A capella

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Unaccompanied

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Accelerando

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Gradually faster

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Accent

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Play with emphasis

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Ad libitum

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At liberty

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Adagietto

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Rather slow, faster than adagio

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Adagio

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Slowly

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Agitato

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Agitated, unsettled

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Allargando

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Broadening

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Allegretto

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Fairly quick, slower than allegeo

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Allegro

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Fast, lively

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Anacrusis

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Pickup or upbeat

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Andante

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Walking tempo

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Andantino

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Slightly faster than andante

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Animato

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Animated, lively

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Appassionato

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With passion

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Arco

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With the bow

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Arioso

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Like an aria

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Atonal

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Music lacking in a tonal or key center

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Attacca

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Go straight on

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Caesura

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Break in the music

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Cantabile

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Singing style

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Capriccioso

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Whimsical style

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Coda

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Ending section of music, literally “the tail”

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Con brio

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With vigour

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Con forza

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With force

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Con fuoco

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With fire

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Con moto

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With motion

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Crescendo

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Gradually getting louder

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D. C.

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Da capo - repeat back to the beginning

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D. C. al Fine

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Repeat back to the beginning, end at the fine

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D. S. al Coda

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Dal segno - repeat back to segno, continue to the coda

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Decrescendo

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Gradually softer

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Diminuendo

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Decreasing loudness

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Dissonant

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Sounds that are displeasing to the ear

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Dolce

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Sweetly

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36
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Energico

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Energetic

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37
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Enharmonic

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Notes that are spelled differently but sound the same

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Espressivo

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Expressive

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39
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Fermata

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Prolong note beyond its notation

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40
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Fine

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The end

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Forte

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Loud

42
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Fortepiano

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Loud then immediately soft

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Fortissimo

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Very loud

44
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Furioso

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Furious

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Giocoso

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Humorous, playful

46
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Grandioso

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Grandly

47
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Interval

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The distance between two pitches

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Largamente

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Broadly

49
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Largo

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Slow; stately

50
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Legato

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Smoothly

51
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Leggiero

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Lightly

52
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Lento

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Rather slow

53
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L’istesso tempo

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At the same tempo

54
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Loco

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At the normal pitch; used to cancel 8va/8vb

55
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Maestoso

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Majestically

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Marcato

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Strongly accented

57
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Meno messo

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Less quickly

58
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Meter

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Regular recurring groups of beats (2-duple, 3-triple, 4-quadruple)

59
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Mezzo forte

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Medium loud

60
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Mezzo piano

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Medium soft

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Misterioso

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Mysterious

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Moderato

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Moderate speed

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Molto

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Very; much

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Monophonic

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Music with only one single melody line

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Morendo

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Dying away

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Motif

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A short melodic pattern or musical idea

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Ostinato

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Repeated rhythmic and/or melodic figure

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Pesante

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Heavily

69
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Piannissimo

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Very soft

70
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Piano

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Soft

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Piu

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More

72
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Piu mosso

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More motion

73
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Poco a poco

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Little by little

74
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Polyphonic

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Music that combines two or more melodic lines

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Prestissimo

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Extremely fast, faster than presto

76
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Presto

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Very fast

77
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Prima

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First

78
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Rallentando

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Gradually getting slower

79
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Rigoroso

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Strict

80
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Ritardando

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Gradually slower

81
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Rubato

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With some liberty; literally means “robbed”

82
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Scherzo

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Joke; jest

83
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Segue

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Go straight on

84
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Sempre

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Always

85
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Senza

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Without

86
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Sforzando

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Sudden emphasis; accented

87
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Simile

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In the same way

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Smorzando

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Gradually slower and softer, fading

89
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Soli

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Prominent part played by section

90
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Solo

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Prominent part played by one player

91
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Sostenuto

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Sustained

92
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Staccato

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Short, detached

93
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Stringendo

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Compressing, quickening of tempo

94
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Subito

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Sustained

95
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Syncopation

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Emphasis on the weak part of a beat

96
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Tacet

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Silent

97
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Tempo

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Speed of the beat

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Tenuto

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Emphasized, hold to full length

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Tremolo

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Rapid repetition of note

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Tutti

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All play

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Vivace

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Fast

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