Italian terms

Question 1

Tempo commodo

Answer 1

at a comfortable speed

Question 2

tempo giusto

Answer 2

at a consistent speed

Question 3

L’istesso tempo

Answer 3

at the same speed

Question 4

Non troppo

Answer 4

not too much

Question 5

Grave

Answer 5

slow and solemn

Question 6

Rubato

Answer 6

with same freedom in the time

Question 7

stringendo

Answer 7

pressing on faster

Question 8

perdendosi

Answer 8

fading away

Question 9

smorzando

Answer 9

dying away

Question 10

rinforzando (rfz or rf)

Answer 10

reinforcing the tone

Question 11

pesante

Answer 11

heavily

Question 12

cantando

Answer 12

in a singing style

Question 13

tenuto

Answer 13

held

Question 14

piacevole

Answer 14

pleasant, agreeable

Question 15

portamento

Answer 15

a smooth gliding from one note to another ( as in singing or string playing)

Question 16

Dolente

Answer 16

sadly, plaintively

Question 17

Doloroso

Answer 17

sadly in an undertone

Question 18

sotto voce

Answer 18

softly in an undertone

Question 19

Giocoso

Answer 19

gay, merry

Question 20

Grazioso

Answer 20

gracefully

Question 21

Assai

Answer 21

very

Question 22

Quasi

Answer 22

as if, as it were

Question 23

Scherzando

Answer 23

playfully

Question 24

subito (sub)

Answer 24

suddenly

Question 25

sul ponticello (sul point)

Answer 25

bow on or near the bridge

Question 26

sul tasto

Answer 26

bow on or near the finger board

Question 27

tremolo

Answer 27

bowing very rapid to produce a shimmering or wavering effect

Question 28

Pizzicato (pizz)

Answer 28

pluck the string with the finger

Question 29

arco

Answer 29

with the bow ( used after pizz sign)