Grade 5 Performance Directions (Italian)

Question 1

attacca

Answer 1

go straight to the next section of music

Question 2

dolente

Answer 2

sad, mournful

Question 3

dolore

Answer 3

grief

Question 4

doppio movimento

Answer 4

twice as fast

Question 5

estinto

Answer 5

as soft as possible, lifeless

Question 6

incalzando

Answer 6

getting quicker

Question 7

lacrimoso

Answer 7

sad

Question 8

loco

Answer 8

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

Question 9

lunga

Answer 9

long

Question 10

lunga pausa

Answer 10

long pause

Question 11

lusingando

Answer 11

coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style

Question 12

misura

Answer 12

measure

Question 13

alla misura

Answer 13

in strict time

Question 14

senza misura

Answer 14

in free time

Question 15

Ossia

Answer 15

or, alternatively

Question 16

piacevole

Answer 16

pleasant

Question 17

piangevole

Answer 17

plaintive, in the style of a lament

Question 18

pochettino, poch.

Answer 18

rather little

Question 19

rinforzando, rf, rfz

Answer 19

reinforcing

Question 20

segue

Answer 20

go straight on

Question 21

smorzando, smorz.

Answer 21

Slowing down + getting softer (dying away in tone and speed)

Question 22

teneramente, tenerezza

Answer 22

tenderly, tenderness

Question 23

tosto

Answer 23

swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense as “troppo”)

Question 24

volante

Answer 24

flying, fast