Quiz 3 Flashcards
Perdendosi
Gradually dying away
petit
Little
Peu
a little
Piacere
At the performers pleasure
Pieno
Full
piu
More
Piu mosso
More motion; increase tempo
Poco
Little
Poco a poco
Little by little
Portando la voce
Vocal glissando
Premier mouvement
At the original tempo
Presto
Very quick tempo
Pult
Desk or stand.
Rallentando
Growing slower
Retenu
Held back
RH
Right hand
Ritardando
Gradually slowing
Ritenuto
More immediate slowing of tempo
Rubato
Expressive flexibility of tempo
Ruhig
Quietly, tranquil
Sans timbres
Without snares (percussion)
Scherzando
Playfully
Schmachtend
Languid, languishing
Schnell
Quickly, fast
Secco, sec
Dry, simple
Seconda volta
Second time
Segue
Proceed to next section without pause.
Sehr
Very
Sempre
Always
Senza
Without
Sforzando
Form of attack; emphasis
Simile
In a similar manner
Smorzando
Dying away
Sordino
Mute
Sostenuto
Sustained
Sotto voce
Under the voice, in a soft voice
Soutenu
Sustained
Staccato
Separated
Stentando
Delaying, hold back
Stesso movimento
Same tempo
Stimme
Voice or voice part
Stimmung
Tuning
Stringendo
Quickening of tempo
Subito
Immediately, suddenly
Suivez
Follow, indicates where a soloist may take liberties
Supra
Above
Tacet
Silent
Tempo primo
At original tempo
Tenuto
Sustained held back
Tranquillo
Calmly, quietly
Tremolo
Quick repitition of the same note or 2 different notes
Tres
Very
Troppo
Too much
Tutti
All, the entire ensemble
Vide
Empty, cut
Vivace
Lively
Wuthend
Furiously
Zeitmass
Tempo
Zuruckhaltend
Ritard