Italian Words Flashcards
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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
All
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A tempo
(In time) back to original speed
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Accelerando
Increasing the speed
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Adagio
Slow or leisurely
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Agitato
Agitated
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Allegretto
Quick, but not as quick as allergro
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Allegro
Quick and lively
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Andante
At a moderate walking pace
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Assai
Very, enough
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Con brio
With vigour, spirit, fire
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Crescendo
Becoming louder
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Da capo (D.C.)
From the beginning
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Dal segno (D.S.)
From the sign
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Diminuendo
Becoming softer
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Dolce
Sweetly
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Forte
Loud
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Fortepiano
Loud, then immediately soft
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Grave
Solemn and serious
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Legato
Smoothly
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Leggiero
Lightly
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Maestoso
Majestically
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Meno
Less
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Mesto
Sad
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Mezzo forte
Moderately loud
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Mezzo piano
Moderately soft
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Moderato
At a moderate tempo
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Molto
Much, very
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Non troppo
Not too much
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Pesante
Heavy
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Piano
Soft
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Più
More
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Poco
A little
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Presto
Fast
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Rallentando
Becoming slower
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Rit. al fine
Slowing to the end
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Ritardando
Becoming slower
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Ritenuto
Held back
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Scherzando
Playful, joking, with humour
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Sforzando
Sudden accent
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Staccato
Short and detached
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Vivace
Quick and lively
