New Terms Backwards

Question 1

played with the bow

Answer 1

arco

Question 2

plucked with fingers

Answer 2

pizzicato

Question 3

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

Answer 3

tremolo

Question 4

playing with the bow on/near the bridge

Answer 4

sui ponticello

Question 5

playing with the bow on/near the finger board

Answer 5

sui tasto

Question 6

at a comfortable speed

Answer 6

tempo commodo

Question 7

at a consistent speed

Answer 7

tempo giusto

Question 8

at the same speed

Answer 8

l’istesso tempo

Question 9

slow and solemn

Answer 9

grave

Question 10

with some freedom in the time

Answer 10

rubato

Question 11

pressing on faster

Answer 11

stringendo

Question 12

fading away

Answer 12

perdendosi

Question 13

dying away

Answer 13

smorzando

Question 14

reinforcing the tone

Answer 14

rinforzando

Question 15

heavily

Answer 15

pesante

Question 16

in a singing style

Answer 16

cantando

Question 17

held

Answer 17

tenuto

Question 18

pleasant/agreeably

Answer 18

piacevole

Question 19

sadly/ plaintitively

Answer 19

dolente/doloroso

Question 20

gay/ merrily

Answer 20

giocoso

Question 21

gracefully

Answer 21

grazioso

Question 22

very

Answer 22

assai

Question 23

as if

Answer 23

quasi

Question 24

playfully

Answer 24

scherzando

Question 25

suddenly

Answer 25

subito

Question 26

not too much

Answer 26

non troppo

Question 27

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

Answer 27

portamento