Conducting Terms Flashcards
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a cappella
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in the chapel (unaccompanied)
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accelerando
A
growing faster
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accompagnato
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accompanied
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ad libitum
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at will (a part so marked may be left out)
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affettuoso
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with emotion/affection
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agitato
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agitated
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a la mesure
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in strict time
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aleatory
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chance music
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al fine
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to the finish (end)
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alla breve
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cut time (2/2 meter)
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allargando
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growing slower
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al segno
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to the sign
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amabile
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sweet, tender
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a mezzo voce
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with half the power of the voice/instrument
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(con) amore
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with love
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(con) anima
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with spirit/animation
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appassionato
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impassioned, with passion
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assai
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very
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a tempo
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in time
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attacca
A
attack
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bel canto
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the art of beautiful singing, non-declamatory
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bene (ben)
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well
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bravura
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boldness
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breve
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short
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(con) brio
with gusto
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(con) calma
with calm
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(con) calore
with warmth
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cantabile
singable, in a singing style
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capo-da capo-da capo al segno
head/beginning-from the beginning
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con
with
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declamato
in declamatory style
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delicato
delicately
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divisi
divided
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dolcemente
sweetly, softly
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con dolore
with sadness
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duo-trio-quartet
duo-trio-quartet
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espressivo
with expression
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fermata
a hold
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fine
end
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con furore
with fury, passion
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giocoso
playfully, merrily
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giusto
strict, exact
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grazioso
gracefully
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istesso-l'istesso tempo
same- same tempo
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lagrimoso
tearful, like a lament
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lamentoso
lamentingly
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largamente
largely, broadly
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legato
smooth, connected
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leggero
light, airy
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maestoso
majestic
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marcato
marked, distinctive
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meno
less, not so
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messa di voce
attack pp, crescendo, and then back to pp
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molto
very much
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obbligato
required
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con passione
with passion
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piu
more
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poco-poco a poco- un poco
little-little by little-a little
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rallentando
growing slower and slower
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con rigore
with rigor, strictness
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ritenuto
held back, at a slower rate of speed
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sempre
always
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senza
without
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sostenuto
sustained
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con spirito
with spirit
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staccato
detached, separated
67
tanto
as much, so much, too much
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tenuto
held, sustained for the complete length of the note value
69
troppo
too, too much
