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1
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Accelerando

A

Gradually getting faster

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Accidental

A

chromatic alteration of a note from the key signature until the next bar line

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3
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Ad Libitum

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at pleasure, at will (also known as a piacere)

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4
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A due

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for two parts

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5
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Affetuoso

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tenderly, with feeling

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Alla breve

A

2/2 time, cut time

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7
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Allargando

A

getting slower and louder

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8
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Amoroso

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with love, with warm feeling

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Animato/con anima

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lively, animated, spirited

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Appassionato/passione

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passionate, fervent

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11
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Assai

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much, very

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12
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A tempo

A

return to original tempo

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13
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Attacca

A

continue without pause

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14
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Bravura

A

great technical skill, virtuosity

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15
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Brillante

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sparkling, spirited

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16
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Cadenza

A

a brilliant (often highly technical) solo, often found at the end of a movement of piece

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17
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Cadence

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the close of a melodic or harmonic phrase

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18
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Calmando/calmato

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quieting down, subsiding

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19
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Cantando/cantabile

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in a singing style, lyrical

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20
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Capriccioso

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fanciful, freely

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21
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Coda

A

a concluding passage added to the form proper

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22
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Con

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with

23
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Con brio

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with vigor, vigorously

24
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Con Forza

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with force, strength

25
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Con fuoco

A

with fire, passionately

26
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Con sordino

A

with mute

27
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Con spirito/spiritoso

A

with spirit

28
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Crescendo

A

becoming louder

29
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Da capo (D.C.)

A

from the beginning

30
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Dal segno (D.S.)

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from the sign (S with line through and dots on either side)

31
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Decrescendo (decresc.)

A

becoming softer

32
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Diatonic

A

notes within a given scale or key

33
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Diminuendo (dim.)

A

becoming softer

34
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Divisi

A

divided parts where there is normally one

35
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Dolce

A

sweet, gentle

36
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Doppio movimento

A

twice as fast

37
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Double flat (Two flats back to back)

A

lower by one full step

38
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Double sharp (Fat X)

A

raise by one full step

39
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Dynamics

A

the level of loudness

40
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e, ed, or et

A

and

41
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Expressivo

A

with feeling, with expression

42
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Etude

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a study or exercise focusing on a particular technical or musical problem

43
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Fermata (crescent with a dot under it)

A

a pause or hold

44
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Finale

A

last movement of a multi-movement work

45
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Fine

A

the end

46
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Forzando

A

a strong accent

47
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Giocoso

A

humorous, playful

48
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Giusto

A

exact, appropriate or usual tempo

49
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Glissando

A

a glide from one note to the next

50
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Grazioso

A

graceful

51
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Interval

A

pitch difference between two notes

52
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Key signature

A

sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key

53
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Largamente

A

broadly

54
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Legato

A

smooth, even, without breaks between notes

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