music terms

Question 1

accelerando, accel.

Answer 1

gradually getting faster

Question 2

ad libitum, ad lib.

Answer 2

at choice, freely

Question 3

adagio

Answer 3

slow

Question 4

affettuoso

Answer 4

tenderly

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affrettando

Answer 5

hurrying

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agitato

Answer 6

agitated

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alla breve

Answer 7

2 minim beats in a bar, 2/2

Question 8

alla marcia

Answer 8

in the style of a march

Question 9

allargando

Answer 9

getting slower and louder

Question 10

amabile

Answer 10

amiable, pleasant

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amore

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love

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allegretto

Answer 12

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

Question 18

attacca

Answer 18

begin next movement immediately

Question 19

calando

Answer 19

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

Answer 29

very slow

Question 30

incalzando

Answer 30

getting faster

Question 31

lacrimoso, lagrimando, lagrimoso

Answer 31

lamenting, sad

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leggiero

Answer 32

light, nimble

Question 33

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

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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

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con sordini

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with mutes

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senza sordini

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without mutes

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alla misura

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in strict time

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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

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pizzicato, pizz.

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pluck the strings

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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

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con pedale

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with pedal

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senza pedale

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without pedal

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una corda

Answer 119

press left pedal

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tre corda

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release left pedal

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arpeggiation

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spread notes of the chord quickly starting from bottom

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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

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flutter tongue

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only play 1 note at a time

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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

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assai

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very

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div.

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divide into 2 or more groups

Question 129

ossia

Answer 129

an alternative version to a passage

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colla parte

Answer 130

follow the soloist

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sul A

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play on A string

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tremolo

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rapid repetition of a note
or
rapid alternation between 2 notes

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larghetto

Answer 133

rather slow

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attacca subito

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begin next movement without pause

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mässig

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at a walking pace

Question 136

sul tasto

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bow kept over fingerboard to produce a soft thin tone

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

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

Question 138

Tutti (violins)

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violins play together after a solo passage

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arco (violins)

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use the bow after a pizzicato passage

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ziemlich langsam

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quite slow

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a2

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both players play single part in unison

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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

Question 143

Tutti

Answer 143

violins play together after a solo passage

Question 144

arco

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use the bow after a pizzicato passage

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sul tasto

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play bow on fingerboard instead of bridge

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sul ponticello

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play very close to the bridge

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col legno

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play with the wooden part of the bow

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1. (flutes)

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first player only

Question 149

gedämpft = mit Dämpfer

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with mutes

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Muta G in D

Answer 150

change tuning from G to D

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trill (timpani)

Answer 151

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