Common performance directions Flashcards
1
Q
a capella
A
unaccompanied (voices)
2
Q
agitato
A
agitated
3
Q
al, alla
A
in the manner of
4
Q
amoroso
A
lovingly
5
Q
anima, con anima
A
soulfully
6
Q
animato
A
animated, lively
7
Q
appasionato
A
passionately
8
Q
arco
A
use the bow (string players)
9
Q
assai
A
very
10
Q
attacca
A
go straight on
11
Q
bravura
A
boldness
12
Q
brillante
A
brilliant
13
Q
brioso, con brio
A
with vigour
14
Q
cantabile
A
in a singing style
15
Q
coda
A
an ending to the music
16
Q
col
A
with
17
Q
coll
A
with
18
Q
con
A
with
19
Q
da
A
from
20
Q
da capo
A
from the beginning
21
Q
dolce
A
sweetly
22
Q
dolente
A
sadly
23
Q
dolore
A
sorrow
24
Q
espressivo
A
with expression
25
fine
end
26
forza
with force
27
fuoco
fire
28
furioso
furiously
29
giocoso
playfully
30
giusto
proper, exact
31
glissando
sliding
32
grandioso
grandly
33
grave
solemn
34
grazioso
gracefully
35
lacrimoso
sadly, tearfully
36
legato
smoothly
37
leggerio
lightly
38
lugubre
doleful, mournful
39
lunga pausa
long pausa
40
ma
but
41
maestoso
majestically
42
marcia
in marching style
43
meno
less
44
mezzo
half
45
molto
much, a lot
46
mosso, moto
movement
47
non
not
48
non trappo
not too much
49
ossia
or
50
pastorale
country style
51
pausa
pause
52
più
more
53
poco
a little
54
poco a poco
little by little
55
prima volta
first time
56
primo
first
57
rubato
in free time
58
scherzando
playfully
59
scherzo
a joke
60
senza
without
61
simile
similarly
62
sordini
mutes
63
sostenuto
sustained
64
spiccato
jerky, detached
65
spiritoso
spiritedly
66
subito
suddenly
67
tacet
silence
68
tempo
time
69
tempo giusto
strict time
70
tranquillo
peacefully
71
tutti
all together
72
vivace
lively, vivacious
73
volti subito (V.S.)
turn the page quickly
74
E, Ed
and
75
troppo
too much
76
ad libitum, ad lib.
at choice, passage may be played freely
77
alla breve
with a minim beat (2/2)
78
anima
soul / spirit
79
ben
well
80
deciso
with determination
81
delicato
delicate
82
largamente
broadly
83
marcato, marc.
emphatic, accented
84
marziale
in a military style
85
mesto
sad
86
pesante
heavy
87
risoluto
bold, strong
88
ritmico
rhythmically
89
semplice
simple, plain
90
sempre
always
91
stringendo
gradually getting faster
92
tanto
not so much
93
triste, tristamente
sad, sorrowful
