Grade 5: Italian

Question 0

dolente

Answer 0

Sad, mournful

Question 1

attacca

Answer 1

go straight on to the next section of music

Question 2

dolore

Answer 2

grief (doloroso: sorrowful)

Question 3

doppio movimento

Answer 3

twice as fast

Question 4

estinto

Answer 4

as soft as possible, lifeless

Question 5

incalzando

Answer 5

getting quicker

Question 6

lacrimoso

Answer 6

sad

Question 7

loco

Answer 7

at the normal pitch (used to cancel an 8va direction)

Question 8

lunga

Answer 8

long (lunga pausa: long pause)

Question 9

lusingando

Answer 9

coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style

Question 10

misura

Answer 10

measure (alla misura: in strict time; senza misura: in free time)

Question 11

ossia

Answer 11

Or, alternatively

Question 12

piacevole

Answer 12

pleasant

Question 13

piangevole

Answer 13

plaintive, in the style of a lament

Question 14

pochettino, poch.

Answer 14

rather little

Question 15

rinforzando, rf, rfz

Answer 15

reinforcing

Question 16

segue

Answer 16

go straight on

Question 17

smorzando, smorz.

Answer 17

dying away in tone and speed

Question 18

teneramente, tenerezza

Answer 18

tenderly, tenderness

Question 19

tosto

Answer 19

Swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense of troppo)

Question 20

tosto

Answer 20

Swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense of troppo

Question 21

volante

Answer 21

flying, fast