Terms Grade 2 Flashcards
allargando
Broadening (getting a little slower and probably a little louder)
allegro assai
Very quick
andantino
Slightly faster than andante (but may also mean slightly slower)
grave
Very slow, solemn
larghetto
Rather slow (but not as slow as largo)
largo
Slow, stately
presto
Fast (faster than allegro)
vivace
Lively and quickly
vivo
Lively and quickly
fp (fortepiano)
Loud then immediately soft
sf, sfz (sforzando)
Forced, accented
sforzato
Forced, accented
dolce
Sweet, soft
espressivo (espress., espr.)
Expressive
giocoso
Playful, merry
grazioso
Graceful
maestoso
Majestic
sostenuto
Sustained
tenuto
Held
assai
Very
con, col
With
e, ed
And
ma
But
meno
Less
molto
Very, much
mosso
Movement
moto
Movement
non
Not
pi
More
senza
Without
simile (sim.)
In the same way
troppo
Too much
non troppo
Not too much
a
at, to, by, for, in, in the style of
al, alla
to the, in the manner of
alla marcia
in the style of a march
meno mosso
Slower
con moto
With movement