music theory Flashcards
A Cappella
Unaccompanied vocal music
Accelerando
Gradually faster
Acciaccatura
Lean on
Adagio
Slow
Adagietto
Rather slow
Adagissimo
Very slow
Affrettando
Hurrying, pressing onwards
Agitato
Agitated
Alla Breve
two minim beats
Allargando
Getting slower,, bigger tone
Allegro
Lively, fast
Allegretto
Rather lively (but less so than Allegro)
Andante
Moderate pace
Anima
Soul, with deep feeling
Animato
Animated
A piacere
At pleasure
Appoggiatura
Grace note
Arco
string players to resume use of bow
Assai
Very
A tempo
In time, resume normal speed
Attacca
Go on at once
Ben
Well
Bewegt
With movement
Breit
Broad
Bravura
Boldness and spirit
Brillante
Brilliant
Brio
Vigour
Calando
Decreasing both tone and speed
Canabile/ Cantando
In a singing style
Capo
From the beginning
Coda
A passage added at the end of a movement to make a satisfactory finish
Col legno
A direction to string players to use wood of the bow
Colla parte
A direction to the accompanist
Colla voce
To follow the sole instrument or voice
Come
As
Come prima
As at first
Come sopra
As above
Comodo
Convenient (linked with tempo), at a convenient place
con
with
Con sordino
with the mute,
Crescendo
becoming gradually louder
