Italian terms Flashcards
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a tempo
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resume the normal speed
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a
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at, to, by
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accelerando
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getting faster
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adagio
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slow
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al, alla
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to the, in the style of
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alla marcia
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in the style of a march
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allargando
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broadening
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allegro
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lively, fast
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allegretto
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slightly slower than allegro
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andante
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at a moderate pace
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andantino
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slightly faster or slower than andante
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assai
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very
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cantabile
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in a singing style
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con, col
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with
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crescendo
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getting louder
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da capo (D.C)
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from the beginning
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da capo al fine
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from the beginning to the end
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dal segno (D.S)
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from the sign S
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decrescendo
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getting softer
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diminuendo (dim.)
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getting softer
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dolce
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sweetly
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e,ed
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and
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espressivo (espr.)
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with expression
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fine
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the end
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forte (f)
loud
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fortissimo (ff)
very loud
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fortepiano (fp)
loud, then soft at once
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giocoso
gay, merry
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grave
very slow, solemn
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grazioso
gracefully
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largo
slow and stately
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larghetto
less slow than largo
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legato
smoothly
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lento
slow
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ma
but
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maestoso
majestically
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meno
less
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mezzo
half
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moderato
moderately
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molto
much
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mosso, moto
movement
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meno mosso
slower
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non
not
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piano (p)
soft
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pianissimo (pp)
very soft
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più
more
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poco
a little
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presto
very fast
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rallentando (rall.)!
getting slower
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ritardando (ritard.)
getting slower
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senza
without
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sforzando sforzato (sf) (sfz)
force, accented
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simile (sim.)
in the same manner
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sostenuto
sustained
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staccato
short, detached
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tempo
the speed of the music
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tenuto
held
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troppo
too much
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vivace, vico
lively, quick
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adagietto
rather slow (but faster than adagio)
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ad libitun (ad lib.)
at pleasure (speed and manner of performance left to the performer)
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agitato
agitated
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alla breve
2 minim beats (c/ 2 2)
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amore
love (amoroso:loving)
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anima
soul, spirit (con anima: with feeling, spirited)
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ben
well
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brio
vigour (con brio: with vigour, lively)
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comodo
convenient (tempo comodo: at convenient speed)
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deciso
with determination
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delicato
delicate
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energico
energetic
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forza
force
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largamente
broadly
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leggiero
light, delicate
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marcato (marc.)
marked, accented
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marziale
martial (in a military style)
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mesto
sad
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pesante
heavy
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prima, primo
first
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risoluto
bold, strong
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ritmico
rythymically
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rubato, tempo rubato
robbed (with some freedom of time)
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scherzando, scherzoso
playful, joking
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seconda, secondo
second
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semplice
simple, plain
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sempre
always
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stringendo
getting faster
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subito
suddenly
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tanto
so much
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tranquillo
calm, tranquil
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triste, tristamentte
sad, sorrowful
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volta
time (prima volta: first time)
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affettuoso
tenderly
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affrettando
hurrying
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amabile
amiable, pleasant
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appassionato
with passion
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calando
getting softer, dying away
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cantando
singing
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come
as, similar to
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come prima
as before
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come sopra
as above
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facile
easy
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fuoco
fire
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giusto
proper, exact
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l'istesso
the same
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l'istesso tempo
at the same speed
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morendo
dying away
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niente
nothing
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nobilmente
nobly
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perdendosi
dying away
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possibile
possible
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presto possibile
as fast as possible
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quasi
as if, resembling
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sonoro
resonant, with rich tone
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sopra
above
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sotto
below
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sotto voce
in an undertone
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tempo giusto
in strict time
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veloce
swift
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voce
voice
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attacca
go straight on to the next section of music
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dolente
sad, mournful
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dolore
grief
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doppio movimento
twice as fast
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estinto
as soft as possible, lifeless
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incalzando
getting quicker
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lacrimoso
sad
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loco
at the normal pitch (used to cancel an 8ve direction)
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lunga
long (lunga pausa: long pause)
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lusingando
coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style
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misura
measure (alla misura: in strict time; senza misura: in free time)
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ossia
or, alternatively
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piacevole
pleasant
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piangevole
plaintive, in the style of lament
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pochettino, poch.
rather little
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rinforzando, rf, rfz
reinforcing
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segue
go straight on
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smorzando, smorz.
dying away in tone and speed
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teneramente, tenerezza
tenderly, tenderness
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tosto
swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense of troppo)
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volante
flying, fast
