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Question 1

brillante

Answer 1

brilliantly, with sparkle

Question 2

brio

Answer 2

vigour; usually in con brio

Question 3

bruscamente

Answer 3

brusquely

Question 4

calando

Answer 4

lowering; i.e., getting slower and softer: ritarando along with diminuendo

Question 5

cambiare

Answer 5

to change; i.e., any change, such as to appassionato passionately

Question 6

a prima vista

Answer 6

at first sight

Question 7

arietta

Answer 7

a short aria

Question 8

arioso

Answer 8

airy, or like an air (a melody); i.e., in the manner of an aria; melodious

Question 9

arpeggio

Answer 9

the notes of the chords are to be played quickly one after another instead of simultaneously

Question 10

arco

Answer 10

the bused used for playing string instrument; i.e., played with the blow

Question 11

assai

Answer 11

very

Question 12

assez (Fr)

Answer 12

enough, sufficiently; sometimes used in the same sense as assai

Question 13

a tempo

Answer 13

in time; i.e., the performer should return to the main tempo of the pice (after an accelerando or ritardando, etc.)

Question 14

attacca

Answer 14

attack, or go on; i.e., at the end of a movement, a direction to begin (Attack) the next movement immediately, without a gap or pause

Question 15

ausdruck (Ger)

Answer 15

expression

Question 16

ausdrucksvoll (Ger)

Answer 16

expressively

Question 17

avec (Fr)

Answer 17

with

Question 18

basso continuo

Answer 18

continuous bass; i.e., a bass part played continuously throughout a piece to give harmonic structure, used especially in the Baroque period

Question 19

bellicoso

Answer 19

warlike, agressive

Question 20

ben or bene

Answer 20

well, as in, for example, ben marcato (meaning “well-marked”)

Question 21

bewegt (Ger)

Answer 21

moved, speeded

Question 22

bis

Answer 22

twice; i.e., repeat the relevant action or passage

Question 23

bocca chiusa

Answer 23

with closed mouth

Question 24

bravura

Answer 24

boldness; as in con bravura, boldly

Question 25

briet

Answer 25

broad

Question 26

cantible

Answer 26

singingly

Question 27

capo

Answer 27

head; i.e., the beginning

Question 28

capriccioso

Answer 28

capriciously, unpredictable, volatile

Question 29

cedez (Fr)

Answer 29

yield, give way

Question 30

cesura or caesura (Latin form)

Answer 30

break, stop; i.e., a complete break in sound (sometimes called “railroad tracks”)

Question 31

chiuso

Answer 31

closed; i.e., muted by hand

Question 32

coda

Answer 32

a tail; i.e., a closing section appended to a movement