Musical Terms Grade 5 Flashcards
attacca
immediately continue with the next section (or movement) of music
dolente
doleful, sad, mournful
dolore
grief (doloroso: sorrowful)
doppiomovimento
twice as fast (similar to alla breve)
estinto
as soft as possible, lifeless (literally “extinguished”)
incalzando
chasing, pressing on, i.e getting quicker
lacrimoso
sad, tearful
loco
cancels an 8va indication: return to the normal pitch
lunga
long (often referring to a pause, pausa lunga: long pause)
lusigando
coaxing, persuasive, flattering
misura
measure / bar (alla misura: in strict time, senza misura: in free time)
ossia
or / alternatively
Usually this refers to a note or notes which may be played instead, if the original is not possible due to range, technique, etc
piacevole
pleasant
piangevole
plaintive, lamenting
pochettino
poch.
very little
i.e a stronger version of “poco”
rinforzando
rf
rfz
reinforcing
segue
go straight on
similar to attacca
smorzando
smorz.
dying away (in tone and speed)
teneramente
tenerezza
tenderly, tenderness
tosto
swift, rapid, at once (più tosto: quicker)
volante
flying, fast
aber
but (Italian: ma)
Ausdruck
expression
bewegt
with movement, agitated (Italian: a combination of con moto and agitato)
breit
broad, expansive (Italian: largamente)
ein
a, one
einfach
simple (Italian: semplice)
etwas
somewhat, rather (Italian: poco)
frölich
cheerful, joyful (Italian giocoso)
immer
always (Italian: sempre)
langsam
slow (Italian: lento)
lebhaft
lively (Italian: vivace)
mässig
at a moderate speed (Italian: moderato)
mit
with (Italian: con)
nicht
not (Italian: non)
ohne
without (Italian: senza)
ruhig
peaceful
schnell
fast
sehr
very (Italian: molto)
süss
sweet
traurig
sad
und
and (Italian: e / ed)
voll
full
wenig
little, slightly
wieder
again
zart
tender, delicate
zu
too (nicht zu schnell: not too fast), also to / towards
