Terms Flashcards
adagio
slow
accelerando (accel.)
Gradually getting faster
allargando
Getting broader, louder and slower
allegretto
Fairly fast
allegro
Lively, fast
allegro assai
Very fast
andante
At a walking pace
andantino
Faster or slower than andante
Larghetto
Rather slow
largo
Slow, stately
lento
slow
moderato
Moderately
allegro moderato - moderately fast
Mosso, moto
Movement
presto
Very fast
rallentando (rall.)
Gradually getting slower
ritardando (ritard., rit.)
Gradually getting slower
ritenuto (riten., rit.)
Held back
Tempo
Speed, time
a tempo: in time
vivace/ vivo
Fast, lively
alla marcia
In the style of a march
cantabile
In a singing style
da capo (D.C.)
Repeat from the beginning
dal segno (D.S.)
Repeat from the sign
dolce
Soft, sweet
expressivo
Expressive
fine
The end
giocoso
Merry
grave
Very slow, solemn
grazioso
Gracefully
legato
smoothly
maestoso
Majestic
simile (sim.)
In the same way
sostenuto
Sustained
staccato (stacc.)
Detached
Tenuto
Held
a
At, to, by, in, for, in the style of
assai
Very