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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)

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loud

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fortissimo (ff)

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very loud

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fortepiano (fp)

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loud, then soft at once

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giocoso

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gay, merry

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grave

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very slow, solemn

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grazioso

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gracefully

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largo

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slow and stately

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larghetto

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less slow than largo

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legato

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smoothly

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lento

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slow

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ma

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but

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maestoso

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majestically

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meno

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less

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mezzo

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half

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moderato

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moderately

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molto

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much

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mosso, moto

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movement

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meno mosso

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slower

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non

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not

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piano (p)

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soft

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pianissimo (pp)

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very soft

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più

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more

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poco

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a little

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presto

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very fast

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rallentando (rall.)!

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getting slower

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ritardando (ritard.)

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getting slower

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senza

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without

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sforzando sforzato (sf) (sfz)

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force, accented

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simile (sim.)

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in the same manner

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sostenuto

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sustained

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staccato

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short, detached

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tempo

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the speed of the music

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tenuto

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held

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troppo

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too much

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vivace, vico

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lively, quick

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adagietto

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rather slow (but faster than adagio)

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ad libitun (ad lib.)

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at pleasure (speed and manner of performance left to the performer)

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agitato

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agitated

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alla breve

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2 minim beats (c/ 2 2)

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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: with feeling, spirited)

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ben

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well

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brio

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vigour (con brio: with vigour, lively)

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comodo

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convenient (tempo comodo: at convenient 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, delicate

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marcato (marc.)

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marked, accented

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marziale

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martial (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, strong

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ritmico

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rythymically

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rubato, tempo rubato

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robbed (with some freedom of time)

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scherzando, scherzoso

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playful, joking

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seconda, secondo

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second

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semplice

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simple, plain

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sempre

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always

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stringendo

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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, tranquil

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triste, tristamentte

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sad, sorrowful

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volta

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time (prima volta: first time)

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affettuoso

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tenderly

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affrettando

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hurrying

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amabile

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amiable, pleasant

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appassionato

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with passion

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calando

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getting softer, dying away

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cantando

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singing

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come

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as, similar to

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come prima

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as before

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come sopra

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as above

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facile

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easy

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fuoco

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fire

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giusto

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proper, exact

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l’istesso

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the same

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l’istesso tempo

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at the same speed

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morendo

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dying away

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niente

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nothing

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nobilmente

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nobly

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perdendosi

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dying away

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possibile

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possible

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presto possibile

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as fast as possible

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quasi

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as if, resembling

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sonoro

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resonant, with rich tone

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sopra

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above

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sotto

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below

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sotto voce

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in an undertone

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tempo giusto

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in strict time

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veloce

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swift

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voce

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voice

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attacca

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go straight on to the next section of music

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dolente

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sad, mournful

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dolore

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grief

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doppio movimento

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twice as fast

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estinto

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as soft as possible, lifeless

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incalzando

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getting quicker

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lacrimoso

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sad

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loco

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

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lunga

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long (lunga pausa: long pause)

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lusingando

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coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style

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misura

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

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ossia

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or, alternatively

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piacevole

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pleasant

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piangevole

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plaintive, in the style of lament

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pochettino, poch.

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rather little

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rinforzando, rf, rfz

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reinforcing

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segue

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go straight on

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smorzando, smorz.

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dying away in tone and speed

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teneramente, tenerezza

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tenderly, tenderness

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tosto

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

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volante

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flying, fast

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