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Allargando

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Broadening out, getting gradually slower, often with an accompanying crescendo

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A Cappella

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Unaccompanied vocal music

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Animato

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Animated

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Arco

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Bowed

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Attacca

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Go on at once

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Bravura

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Dash and brilliancy

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Con fuoco

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With fire

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Con moto

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With movement

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Con sord.

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With mute(s)

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Con spirito

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With spirit

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Espressivo

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With expression

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Giocoso

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Jocular, merry

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Largamente

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Broadly, expansively

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Lento

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Slow

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Niente

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Nothing

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Perdendosi

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Dying away

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Piacevole

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Pleasantly

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Pizz.

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Plucked

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Rubato

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(Robbed) deviate from strict time, making some notes of the phrase longer than their written value and others shorter

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Senza sord.

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Without mutes

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Simile

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In a similar manner

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Sostenuto

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Sustained

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Stringendo

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Pressing, getting faster

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Tacet

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Silent

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Tutti

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All

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A tempo

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(In time) back to original speed

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Accelerando

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Increasing the speed

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Adagio

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Slow or leisurely

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Agitato

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Agitated

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Allegretto

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Quick, but not as quick as allergro

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Allegro

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Quick and lively

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Andante

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At a moderate walking pace

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Assai

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Very, enough

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Con brio

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With vigour, spirit, fire

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Crescendo

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Becoming louder

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Da capo (D.C.)

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From the beginning

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Dal segno (D.S.)

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From the sign

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Diminuendo

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Becoming softer

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Dolce

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Sweetly

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Forte

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Loud

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Fortepiano

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Loud, then immediately soft

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Grave

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Solemn and serious

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Legato

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Smoothly

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Leggiero

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Lightly

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Maestoso

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Majestically

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Meno

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Less

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Mesto

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Sad

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Mezzo forte

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Moderately loud

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Mezzo piano

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Moderately soft

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Moderato

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At a moderate tempo

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Molto

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Much, very

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Non troppo

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Not too much

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Pesante

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Heavy

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Piano

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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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Fast

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Rallentando

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Becoming slower

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Rit. al fine

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Slowing to the end

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Ritardando

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Becoming slower

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Ritenuto

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Held back

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Scherzando

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Playful, joking, with humour

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Sforzando

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Sudden accent

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Staccato

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Short and detached

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Vivace

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Quick and lively