New Terms

Question 1

arco

Answer 1

played with the bow

Question 2

pizzicato

Answer 2

plucked with fingers

Question 3

tremolo

Answer 3

rapid back and forth bowing to produce a shimmery /wavering effect

Question 4

sui ponticello

Answer 4

playing with the bow on/near the bridge

Question 5

sui tasto

Answer 5

playing with the bow on/near the finger board

Question 6

tempo commodo

Answer 6

at a comfortable speed

Question 7

tempo giusto

Answer 7

at a consistent speed

Question 8

l’istesso tempo

Answer 8

at the same speed

Question 9

grave

Answer 9

slow and solemn

Question 10

rubato

Answer 10

with some freedom in the time

Question 11

stringendo

Answer 11

pressing on faster

Question 12

perdendosi

Answer 12

fading away

Question 13

smorzando

Answer 13

dying away

Question 14

rinforzando

Answer 14

reinforcing the tone

Question 15

pesante

Answer 15

heavily

Question 16

cantando

Answer 16

in a singing style

Question 17

tenuto

Answer 17

held

Question 18

piacevole

Answer 18

pleasant/agreeably

Question 19

dolente

Answer 19

sadly/ plaintitively

Question 20

doloroso

Answer 20

sadly/ plaintatively

Question 21

giocoso

Answer 21

gay/ merrily

Question 22

grazioso

Answer 22

gracefully

Question 23

assai

Answer 23

very

Question 24

quasi

Answer 24

as if

Question 25

scherzando

Answer 25

playfully

Question 26

subito

Answer 26

suddenly

Question 27

non troppo

Answer 27

not too much

Question 28

portamento

Answer 28

smooth gliding from one note to another (for strings and singing only)