Conducting Terms

Question 1

a cappella

Answer 1

in the chapel (unaccompanied)

Question 2

accelerando

Answer 2

growing faster

Question 3

accompagnato

Answer 3

accompanied

Question 4

ad libitum

Answer 4

at will (a part so marked may be left out)

Question 5

affettuoso

Answer 5

with emotion/affection

Question 6

agitato

Answer 6

agitated

Question 7

a la mesure

Answer 7

in strict time

Question 8

aleatory

Answer 8

chance music

Question 9

al fine

Answer 9

to the finish (end)

Question 10

alla breve

Answer 10

cut time (2/2 meter)

Question 11

allargando

Answer 11

growing slower

Question 12

al segno

Answer 12

to the sign

Question 13

amabile

Answer 13

sweet, tender

Question 14

a mezzo voce

Answer 14

with half the power of the voice/instrument

Question 15

(con) amore

Answer 15

with love

Question 16

(con) anima

Answer 16

with spirit/animation

Question 17

appassionato

Answer 17

impassioned, with passion

Question 18

assai

Answer 18

very

Question 19

a tempo

Answer 19

in time

Question 20

attacca

Answer 20

attack

Question 21

bel canto

Answer 21

the art of beautiful singing, non-declamatory

Question 22

bene (ben)

Answer 22

well

Question 23

bravura

Answer 23

boldness

Question 24

breve

Answer 24

short

Question 25

(con) brio

Answer 25

with gusto

Question 26

(con) calma

Answer 26

with calm

Question 27

(con) calore

Answer 27

with warmth

Question 28

cantabile

Answer 28

singable, in a singing style

Question 29

capo-da capo-da capo al segno

Answer 29

head/beginning-from the beginning

Question 30

con

Answer 30

with

Question 31

declamato

Answer 31

in declamatory style

Question 32

delicato

Answer 32

delicately

Question 33

divisi

Answer 33

divided

Question 34

dolcemente

Answer 34

sweetly, softly

Question 35

con dolore

Answer 35

with sadness

Question 36

duo-trio-quartet

Answer 36

duo-trio-quartet

Question 37

espressivo

Answer 37

with expression

Question 38

fermata

Answer 38

a hold

Question 39

fine

Answer 39

end

Question 40

con furore

Answer 40

with fury, passion

Question 41

giocoso

Answer 41

playfully, merrily

Question 42

giusto

Answer 42

strict, exact

Question 43

grazioso

Answer 43

gracefully

Question 44

istesso-l’istesso tempo

Answer 44

same- same tempo

Question 45

lagrimoso

Answer 45

tearful, like a lament

Question 46

lamentoso

Answer 46

lamentingly

Question 47

largamente

Answer 47

largely, broadly

Question 48

legato

Answer 48

smooth, connected

Question 49

leggero

Answer 49

light, airy

Question 50

maestoso

Answer 50

majestic

Question 51

marcato

Answer 51

marked, distinctive

Question 52

meno

Answer 52

less, not so

Question 53

messa di voce

Answer 53

attack pp, crescendo, and then back to pp

Question 54

molto

Answer 54

very much

Question 55

obbligato

Answer 55

required

Question 56

con passione

Answer 56

with passion

Question 57

piu

Answer 57

more

Question 58

poco-poco a poco- un poco

Answer 58

little-little by little-a little

Question 59

rallentando

Answer 59

growing slower and slower

Question 60

con rigore

Answer 60

with rigor, strictness

Question 61

ritenuto

Answer 61

held back, at a slower rate of speed

Question 62

sempre

Answer 62

always

Question 63

senza

Answer 63

without

Question 64

sostenuto

Answer 64

sustained

Question 65

con spirito

Answer 65

with spirit

Question 66

staccato

Answer 66

detached, separated

Question 67

tanto

Answer 67

as much, so much, too much

Question 68

tenuto

Answer 68

held, sustained for the complete length of the note value

Question 69

troppo

Answer 69

too, too much