Take 5 common performance directions Flashcards
1
Q
a capella
A
unaccompanied (voices)
2
Q
agitato
A
agitated
3
Q
alla
A
in the manner of
4
Q
amoroso
A
lovingly
5
Q
anima, con anima
A
soulfully
6
Q
animato
A
animated
7
Q
appassionato
A
passionately
8
Q
arco
A
use the bow (string players)
9
Q
assai
A
very
10
Q
attacca
A
go straight on
11
Q
bravura
A
boldness
12
Q
brillante
A
brilliant
13
Q
brioso, con brio
A
with vigour
14
Q
cantabile
A
in a singing style
15
Q
coda
A
an ending to the music
16
Q
col, coll, con
A
with
17
Q
da
A
from
18
Q
da capo
A
from the beginning
19
Q
dolce
A
sweetly
20
Q
dolente
A
sadly
21
Q
dolore
A
sorrow
22
Q
espressivo
A
with expression
23
Q
fine
A
end
24
Q
forza
A
force
25
Q
fuoco
A
fire
26
Q
furioso
A
furiously
27
Q
giocoso
A
playfully
28
Q
giusto
A
proper, exact
29
Q
glissando
A
sliding
30
Q
granioso
A
grandly
31
Q
grave
A
solemn
32
Q
grazioso
A
gracefully
33
Q
lacrimoso
A
sadly, tearfully
34
Q
legato
A
smoothly
35
Q
leggiero
A
lightly
36
Q
lugubre
A
doleful, mournful
37
Q
lunga pausa
A
long pause
