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Ad libitum, ad lib

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At choice meaning that a passage may be played freely

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Adagietto

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Rather slow but faster that adagio

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Agitato

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Agitated

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Alla breve

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With a minim beat equivalent to 2/2 implying a faster tempo than the note values might otherwise suggest

Bourree

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Amore

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Love (amoroso: loving)

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Anima

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Soul spirit (con anima can mean with feeling or spirited)

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Animato

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Animated, lively (animando, becoming more lively)

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Ben

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Well

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Brio

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Vigor (con brio: with vigor, lively)

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Comodo

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Convenient at a comfortable speed

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Deciso

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With determination

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Delicato

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Delicate

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Energico

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Energetic

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Forza

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Force

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Largamente

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Broadly

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Leggiero

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Light nimble

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Marcato

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Emphatic or accented

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Marziale

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In a military style

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Mesto

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Sad

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Pesante

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Heavy

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Prima, primo

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First

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Risoluto

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Bold or strong

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Ritmico

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Rythmically

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Rubato, tempo rubato

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With some freedom of time

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Scherzando, scherzoso

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Playful or joking

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Seconda, secondo

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Second

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Semplice

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Simply

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Sempre

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Always

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Stringendo

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Gradually getting faster

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Subito

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Suddenly

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Tanto

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So much

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Tranquillo

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Calm

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Triste, tristamente

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Sad or sorrowful

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Volta

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Time (prima volta, first time; seconda volta, second time

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Largo

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Slow and stately

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accelerando

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gradually getting quicker

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adagio

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slow

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allegretto

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fairly quick but not as quick as allegro

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andante

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at a medium walking speed

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cantibile

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in a singing style

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crescendo

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gradually getting louder

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da capo or DC

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repeat from the beginning

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dal segno or DS

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repeat from the sign

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decrescendo

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gradually getting quieter

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diminuendo

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getting gradually quieter

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fine

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the end

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f = forte

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loud

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ff = fortissimo

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very loud

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legato

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smoothly

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lento

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slow

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mezzo

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half

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mf = mezzo forte

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moderately loud literally half loud

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mp = mezzo piano

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moderately quiet literally half quiet

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p = piano

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quiet

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pp = pianissimo

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very quiet

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poco

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a little

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rallentando or rall

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getting gradually slower

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ritardando or rit

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getting gradually slower

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ritenuto or rit

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held back

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staccato

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detached

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tempo

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speed, time (a tempo; in time)

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a

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at to by for in in the style of

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al, alla

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to the, in the manner of (all marcia; in the style of a march)

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allargando

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broadening (getting a little slower and a little louder)

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andantino

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slightly faster than andante (but may also mean slightly slower)

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assai

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very (allegro assai; very quick)

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con, col

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with

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dolce

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sweet, soft

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giocoso

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playful or merry

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grave

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very slow; solemn

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larghetto

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rather slow (but not as slow as largo)

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largo

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slow; stately

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ma

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but

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maestoso

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majestic

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meno

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less

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molto

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very, much

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mosso, moto

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movement (menomosso; slower; con moto with movement)

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non

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not

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piu

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more

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presto

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fast (faster than allegro)

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sf, sfz (=sforzando or sforzato)

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forced, accented

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senza

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without

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simile

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in the same way

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sostenuto

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sustained

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tenuto

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held

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troppo

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too much (non troppo; not too much)

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vivace, vivo

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lively, quickk

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