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Question 1

lusigando

Answer 1

coaxingly

Question 2

ma

Answer 2

but

Question 3

ma non troppo

Answer 3

but not too much

Question 4

maestoso

Answer 4

majestically, in a stately fashion

Question 5

magico

Answer 5

magically

Question 6

magnifico

Answer 6

magnificent

Question 7

main droite (Fr)

Answer 7

[played with the] right hand

Question 8

main gauche (Fr)

Answer 8

[played with the] left hand

Question 9

malinconico

Answer 9

melancholy

Question 10

mano destra

Answer 10

[played with the] right hand

Question 11

mano sinistra

Answer 11

[played with the] left hand

Question 12

marcatissimo

Answer 12

very accentuated

Question 13

marcato

Answer 13

marked; i.e., accentuated, play every note as if it were to be seperated

Question 14

marcia

Answer 14

a march; alla marcia means in the manner of a march

Question 15

martellato

Answer 15

hammered out

Question 16

marziale

Answer 16

in the march style

Question 17

massig (Ger)

Answer 17

moderately

Question 18

melancolico

Answer 18

molancholic

Question 19

melisma

Answer 19

the technique of changing the note (pitch) of a syllable of text while it is being sung

Question 20

meno

Answer 20

less

Question 21

mesto

Answer 21

mournful, sad

Question 22

mezza voce

Answer 22

half voice; i.e., with subdued or moderated volume

Question 23

mezzo

Answer 23

half, moderately

Question 24

mezzo forte

Answer 24

half loudly; i.e., moderately loud

Question 25

mezzo piano

Answer 25

half soft; i.e., moderately sofltly

Question 26

misterioso

Answer 26

mysteriously

Question 27

mobile

Answer 27

flexible, changeable

Question 28

moderato

Answer 28

moderate; often combined with other terms, usually relating to tempo; for example, allegro moderato

Question 29

modesto

Answer 29

modest

Question 30

moll (Ger)

Answer 30

minor; used in key signatures as, for example, a-moll (A minor)

Question 31

molto

Answer 31

very

Question 32

mosso

Answer 32

moved, moving; used with a preceding piu or meno for faster or slower respectively

Question 33

moto

Answer 33

motion; usually seen in con moto, meaning with motion or quickly