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accelerando, accel.

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gradually getting faster

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ad libitum, ad lib.

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at choice, freely

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adagio

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slow

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affettuoso

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tenderly

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affrettando

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hurrying

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agitato

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agitated

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alla breve

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2 minim beats in a bar, 2/2

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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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getting slower and louder

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amabile

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amiable, pleasant

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amore

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love

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allegretto

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rather lively

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allegro

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lively

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amoroso

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loving

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andante

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at a walking pace

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appassionato

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passionately, slightly faster than andante

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assai

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very

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attacca

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begin next movement immediately

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calando

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dying away

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cantabile

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in a singing style

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dolce

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sweet, soft

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dolente

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sad, mournful

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dolore

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grief (doloroso: sorrowful)

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dolcissimo

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very sweetly

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doppio movimento

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twice as fast

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giocoso

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gay, lively

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giusto

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strictly (tempo giusto: in strict time)

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grazioso

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gracefully

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grave

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very slow

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incalzando

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getting faster

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lacrimoso, lagrimando, lagrimoso

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lamenting, sad

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leggiero

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light, nimble

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lunga

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long (lunga pausa: long pause)

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largo

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slow

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larghetto

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rather slow

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lusingando

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coaxing, in a sweet manner

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maestoso

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majestic

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marcato, marc.

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emphatic, accented

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marziale

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in a military style

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morendo

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dying away

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mezza, mezzo

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half

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mezza voce

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in an undertone

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molto

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much

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ossia

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or, alternatively

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perdendosi

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dying away

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pesante

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heavy

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piacevole

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pleasant

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piangevole

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plaintive, lamenting

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presto

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lively (prestissimo: very lively)

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quasi

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as if

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rinforzando, rf, rfz

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reinforcing

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ritardando, ritard., rit.

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getting slower

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ritenuto, riten., rit.

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held back

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rallentando, rall.

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getting slower

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rubato, tempo rubato

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with some freedom of time

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scherzando, scherzoso

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playful, joking

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semplice

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simple

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sempre

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always

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senza

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without

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sforzando, sforzato, sfz, sf

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accented

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sonoro

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resonant, with rich tone

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simile, sim.

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in a similar manner

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smorzando, smorz.

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dying away

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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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stringendo

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gradually 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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teneramente, tenerezza

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tenderly, tenderness

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tenuto, ten.

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held

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tosto

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rapidly

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tristamente, trsite

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sadly

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troppo

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too much

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vivace, vivo

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lively, fast

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volante

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fast

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volta

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time (prima volta: 1st time)

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cédez

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yield, slow down

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en dehors

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prominent

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très

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very

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bewegt

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agitated

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einfach

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simple

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etwas

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somewhat, rather

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frohlich

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cheerful, joyful

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immer

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always

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langsam

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slow

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lebhaft

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lively

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massig

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at a walking pace

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mit

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with

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ausdruck

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expression (mit ausdruck: with expression)

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nicht

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not

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schnell

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fast

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sehr

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very

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traurig

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sad

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zart

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tender, delicate

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zu

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too

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ruhig

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calmly

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süss

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sweet

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sul ponticello

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play near the bridge

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a tempo

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in time

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grazioso

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graceful

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poco rall.

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getting a little slower

102
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deciso

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with determination

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doloroso

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sorrowful

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lebhaft

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lively

105
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con sordini

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with mutes

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senza sordini

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without mutes

107
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alla misura

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in strict time

108
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più

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more

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adagietto

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rather slow

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con, col

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with

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a

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at, by, for, to, in the style of

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e, ed

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and

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arco

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play with the bow

114
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pizzicato, pizz.

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pluck the strings

115
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mano destra, md

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right hand

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mano sinistra, ms

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left hand

117
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con pedale

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with pedal

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senza pedale

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without pedal

119
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una corda

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press left pedal

120
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tre corda

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release left pedal

121
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arpeggiation

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spread notes of the chord quickly starting from bottom

122
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taurig

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sad

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a2

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both players play single part in unison

124
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flutter tongue

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only play 1 note at a time

125
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tremolo

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percussion: drum roll, play the same note rapidly

strings: quiver bow rapidly

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rasch

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in a spirited, soft manner

127
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assai

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very

128
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div.

A

divide into 2 or more groups

129
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ossia

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an alternative version to a passage

130
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colla parte

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follow the soloist

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sul A

A

play on A string

132
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tremolo

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rapid repetition of a note
or
rapid alternation between 2 notes

133
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larghetto

A

rather slow

134
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attacca subito

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begin next movement without pause

135
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mässig

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at a walking pace

136
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sul tasto

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bow kept over fingerboard to produce a soft thin tone

137
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tremolo (on F# and A double stop, violas)

A

1st violas play A while 2nd violas play F# in demisemiquavers for one minim beat

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Tutti (violins)

A

violins play together after a solo passage

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arco (violins)

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use the bow after a pizzicato passage

140
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ziemlich langsam

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quite slow

141
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a2

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both players play single part in unison

142
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div. (violins)

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violins section is divided into two parts, with half of the violin players playing top note, while other half plays bottom note

143
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Tutti

A

violins play together after a solo passage

144
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arco

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use the bow after a pizzicato passage

145
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sul tasto

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play bow on fingerboard instead of bridge

146
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sul ponticello

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play very close to the bridge

147
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col legno

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play with the wooden part of the bow

148
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  1. (flutes)
A

first player only

149
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gedämpft = mit Dämpfer

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with mutes

150
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Muta G in D

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change tuning from G to D

151
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trill (timpani)

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roll: rapidly alternate mallets on the same __ note for __ bars

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