Musical Terms Flashcards
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Accelerando
A
to gain speed
2
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Allargando
A
broadening
3
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Allegretto
A
a little lively, but slower than allegro
4
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Allegro
A
lively, fast
5
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andante
A
walking tempo
6
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Andantino
A
a little faster than andante
7
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A piacere
A
at your pleasure
8
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A tempo
A
returning to main tempo
9
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Grave
A
slowly, seriously
10
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Largo
A
broadly, slowly
11
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Larghetto
A
somewhat slowly, but faster than largo
12
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Lento
A
slowly
13
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L’istesso tempo
A
same tempo, regardless of meter changes
14
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M.M.
A
measure marking
15
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Moderato
A
moderately
16
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moto
A
with motion
17
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Presto
A
very quickly
18
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Ritardando
A
slowing down
19
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Rubato
A
flexible tempo
20
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Stringendo
A
gradually getting faster
21
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Tempo guisto
A
strict time
22
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Tempo primo
A
resume original speed
23
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Tenuto
A
hold note slightly longer than usual
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Vivace
A
very lively
25
Crescendo
growing louder
26
Decrescendo
growing softer
27
Diminuendo
growing softer
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Forte
loudly
29
Fortissimo
Very loudly
30
Mezzo piano
moderately soft
31
Mezzo forte
moderately loud
32
Morendo
dying away
33
Pianissimo
very soft
34
Piano
soft
35
Sforzando
Sudden strong accent
36
Brilliante
brilliantly
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Brio
with vigor
38
Cantabile
singing style
39
Dolce
sweetly
40
Dolore
sorrowfully
41
Espressione
expressively
42
Grazioso
gracefully
43
Legato
smooth and connected
44
Maestoso
majestically
45
Marcato
marked,accented
46
Misterioso
mysteriously
47
Staccato
as short as possible; detached
48
A cappella
without accompaniment
49
Assai
much, very much
50
Cesura
complete break or stop
51
Coda
Tail; closing section attached to a piece
52
Da Capo
from the beginning
53
Dal Segno
from the sign
54
D.S. al fine
from the sign to the end
55
fermata
hold at least twice indicated value
56
Ma
but
57
Ma non troppo
but not too much
58
molto
very, a lot
59
Meno
less
60
Mosso
motion
61
Piu
more
62
Poco a poco
little by little
63
Quasi
like, as if
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Sempre
always
65
Senza
without
66
Simile
similarly
67
Subito
suddenly
68
un poco
a little
