performance directions grade 2

Question 1

con

Answer 1

with

Question 2

col, coll’, colla, colle

Answer 2

with, with the

Question 3

dolce

Answer 3

sweet, soft, (dolcissimo, dolciss.: as sweetly as possible

Question 4

e, ed

Answer 4

and

Question 5

espressivo, espress, espr, expressif

Answer 5

expressive

Question 6

giocoso

Answer 6

playful, merry

Question 7

grave

Answer 7

very slow, solemn

Question 8

grazioso

Answer 8

graceful

Question 9

larghetto

Answer 9

rather slow (but not as slow as largo)

Question 10

largo

Answer 10

slow, stately

Question 11

ma

Answer 11

but (eg. allegro ma non troppo: quick but not too quick)

Question 12

maestoso

Answer 12

majestic

Question 13

meno

Answer 13

less

Question 14

molto

Answer 14

very much

Question 15

mosso, moto

Answer 15

movement (meno mosso: slower: con mot: with movement)

Question 16

non

Answer 16

not

Question 17

piu

Answer 17

more

Question 18

presto

Answer 18

fast, a tempo faster than allegro (prestissimo: very fast)

Question 19

senza

Answer 19

without (eg. senza rigore: freely, lit. ‘without strictness)

Question 20

fp (=fortepiano)

Answer 20

loud, then immediately soft

Question 21

sf, sfz (= sforzando or sforzato

Answer 21

forced, accented

Question 22

simile (or sim.)

Answer 22

in the same way

Question 23

sostenuto

Answer 23

sustained

Question 24

tenuto, ten.

Answer 24

held

Question 25

troppo

Answer 25

too much (non troppo: not too much)

Question 26

vivace, vivo, vivement

Answer 26

lively, quick