other Flashcards by Alan Lawson

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ad libitum

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at pleasure, quite freely

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affettuoso

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with tenderness, affectionately

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agitato

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with agitation

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animato

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with animation

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arco

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with the bow (used after pizz. sign)

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assai

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very

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attacca

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go on at once

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ben marcato

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well marked

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cantando

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in a singing style

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cantabile

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in a singing style

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con anima

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with feeling

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con brio

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with spirit

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con forza

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with force

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con grazia

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with grace

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con sordino

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with mute

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da capo al fine

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from the beginning to the word fine

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dal segno

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from the sign

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dolce

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soft and sweet

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dolente

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sadly, plaintively

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doloroso

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sadly, plaintively

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fine

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end

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giocoso

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gay, merry

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glissando

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sliding quickly between notes

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grazioso

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gracefully

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legato

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smoothly, well connected

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leggiero

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lightly

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loco

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at normal pitch (after 8va sign)

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maestoso

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majestic

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martele

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sharp and decisive movement

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mezzo staccato

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moderately short and detached

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main droite (m.d.)

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right hand

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main gauche (m.g.)

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left hand

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molto

A

very

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opus

A

a work or group of works

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piacevole

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pleasant, agreeable

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pizzicato (pizz.)

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pluck string instead of bowing

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poco

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a little

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portamento

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a smooth gliding between notes

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quasi

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as if, as it were

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risoluto

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with resolution

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scherzando

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playfully

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sempre

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always

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senza

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without

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simile

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in the same manner

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sotto voce

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softly in an undertone

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sostenuto

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sustained

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spiccato

A

detaching bowing

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staccato

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short, detached

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subito (sub.)

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suddenly

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sul ponticello (sul pont.)

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bow on or near the bridge

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sul tasto

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bow on or near the fingerboard

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tempo primo

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go back to first tempo

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tenuto (ten.)

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held

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tierce de picardie

A

ending minor key with a major chord

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tranquillo

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calmly

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tre corde

A

release the soft pedal

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tremolo

A

rapid bowing to produce a shimmering effect

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una corda

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with the soft pedal