performance directions grade 4

Question 1

con sordini

Answer 1

with mutes

Question 2

senza sordini

Answer 2

without mutes

Question 3

arco

Answer 3

play with the bow (after pizzicato)

Question 4

una corda

Answer 4

press the left pedal (literally

one string’)

Question 5

tre corde

Answer 5

release the left pedal (literally 3 strings)

Question 6

affettuoso

Answer 6

tenderly

Question 7

affrettando

Answer 7

hurrying

Question 8

amabile

Answer 8

amiable, pleasant

Question 9

appassionatio

Answer 9

with passion

Question 10

calando

Answer 10

getting softer, dying away

Question 11

cantando

Answer 11

singing

Question 12

come

Answer 12

as, similar to

Question 13

facile

Answer 13

easy

Question 14

fuoco

Answer 14

fire

Question 15

giusto

Answer 15

proper, exact (tempo giusto,in strict time)

Question 16

l’istesso

Answer 16

the same (l’istesso tempo: at the same speed)

Question 17

morendo

Answer 17

dying away

Question 18

niente

Answer 18

nothing

Question 19

nobilmente

Answer 19

nobly

Question 20

perdendosi

Answer 20

dying away

Question 21

possibile

Answer 21

possible (presto possible, as fast as possible)

Question 22

quasi

Answer 22

as if, resembling

Question 23

sonoro

Answer 23

resonant, with rich tone

Question 24

sopra

Answer 24

above

Question 25

sotto

Answer 25

sotto voce (in an undertone)

Question 26

veloce

Answer 26

swift

Question 27

voce

Answer 27

voice