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Performance Directions Flashcards

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Forzando

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With force

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Rinforzando

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Heavily stressed/accented

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Sforzando

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Loudly accented

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Da capo

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Go back to the beginning

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Dal segno

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Go back to the sign

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Rallentando

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Gradually slower

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Ritardando

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Gradually slower

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Tenuto

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Hold the note

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Presto

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Fast

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9
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Andantino

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Brisk walking speed

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Accelerando

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Getting faster

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11
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Allargando

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Make it broader

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Meno mosso

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Less movement

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A tempo

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Return to previous speed

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14
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Tempo primo

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Return to original speed

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15
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A capella

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Unaccompanied voices

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Agitato

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Agitated

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Alla

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In the manner of

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Amoroso

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Lovingly

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Anima, con anima

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Soulfully

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Appassionato

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Passionately

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21
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Arco

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Use the bow (string players)

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22
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Assai

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Very

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Bravura

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Boldness

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24
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Brillante

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Brilliant

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Attacca

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Go straight on

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Brioso, con brio

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With vigour

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Cantabile

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In a singing style

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28
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Coda

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An ending to the music

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29
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Col, coll, con

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With

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Da

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From

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31
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Da capo

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From the beginning

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32
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Dolce

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Sweetly

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Dolente

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Sadly

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Dolore

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Sorrow

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Espressivo

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With expression

36
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Fine

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End

37
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Forza

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Force

38
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Fuoco

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Fire

39
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Furioso

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Furiously

40
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Giocoso

A

Playfully

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Giusto

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Proper, exact

42
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Glissando

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Sliding

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Grandioso

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Grandly

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Grave

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Solemn

45
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Grazioso

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Gracefully

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Lacrimoso

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Sadly, tearfully

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Legato

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Smoothly

48
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Leggiero

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Lightly

49
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Lugubre

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Doleful, mournful

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Lunga pausa

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Long pause

51
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Ma

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But

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Maestoso

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Majestically

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Marcia

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In marching style

54
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Meno

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Less

55
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Mezzo

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Half

56
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Molto

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Much, a lot

57
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Mosso

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Movement

58
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Non

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Not

59
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Non troppo

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Not too much

60
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Ossia

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Or

61
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Pastorale

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Country style

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Pausa

A

Pause

63
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Piu

A

More

64
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Poco

A

A little

65
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Poco a poco

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Little by little

66
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Prima volta

A

First time

67
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Primo

A

First

68
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Rubato

A

In free time

69
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Scherzando

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Playfully

70
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Scherzo

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A joke

71
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Senza

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Without

72
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Simile

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Similarly

73
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Sordini

A

Mutes

74
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Sostenuto

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Sustained

75
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Spiccato

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Jerky detached

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Spiritoso

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Spiritedly

77
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Subito

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Suddenly

78
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Tacet

A

Silence

79
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Tempo

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Time

80
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Tempo giusto

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Strict time

81
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Tranquillo

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Peacefully

82
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Tutti

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All together

83
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Vivace

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Lively, vivacious

84
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Volti subito V.S.

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