grade 3 terms

Question 1

agitato

Answer 1

with agitation

Question 2

attacca

Answer 2

go on at once

Question 3

animato

Answer 3

with animation

Question 4

tranquillo

Answer 4

calmly

Question 5

con anima

Answer 5

with feeling

Question 6

con brio

Answer 6

with spirit

Question 7

con grazia

Answer 7

with grace

Question 8

con forza

Answer 8

with force

Question 9

dolce

Answer 9

soft and sweet

Question 10

risoluto

Answer 10

with resolution

Question 11

ben marcato

Answer 11

well marked

Question 12

una corda (U.C.)

Answer 12

with the soft pedal (one string)

Question 13

tre corde

Answer 13

release the soft pedal (three strings)

Question 14

main droite (M.D.)

Answer 14

right hand

Question 15

main gauche (M.G.)

Answer 15

left hand

Question 16

ad libitum

Answer 16

at pleasure, quite freely

Question 17

opus (Op.)

Answer 17

a work or group of works

Question 18

loco

Answer 18

at normal pitch (after 8va sign)

Question 19

sforzando (sfz or sf)

Answer 19

strong accent

Question 20

forte-piano (fp)

Answer 20

loud then immediately soft

Question 21

calando

Answer 21

getting softer and slower

Question 22

morendo

Answer 22

dying away

Question 23

largamente

Answer 23

broadly

Question 24

larghetto

Answer 24

rather broadly

Question 25

con moto

Answer 25

with movement

Question 26

perrtissimo

Answer 26

extremely fast

Question 27

8va

Answer 27

play one octave higher than written

Question 28

M.M.

Answer 28

Maelzel’s metronome

Question 29

duplet

Answer 29

2 notes played in the time of 3 notes of equal value