G5 Terms

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Terms

Term	Definition
A tempo	In time
Accelerando (Accel)	Gradually getting faster
Ad libitum (Ad lib.)	At choice
Adagio	Slow
Affettuoso	Tenderly
Agitato	Agitated
Al, alla	In the style of
Alla breve	With a minim beat
Allargando	Broadening
Allegretto	Fairly quick
Allegro	Fast
Allegro assai	Very fast
Allegro moderato	Moderately fast
Amabile	Amiable, pleasant
Andante	At a walking pace
Andantino	Slightly faster than andante
Animato	Animated, lively
Animé	Animated, lively
Appassionato	With passion
Assai	Very
Attacca	Go immediately to next section
Ben	Well
Brio	Vigour
Cantabile	In a singing style
Cantando	Singing
Come	As, similar to
Comodo	At a comfortable speed
Con, col	With
Crescendo (Cresc.)	Gradually getting louder
Da capo (D.C.)	Repeat from beginning
Dal segno (D.S.)	Repeat from “S” sign
Deciso	With determination
Decrescendo (Decresc.)	Gradually getting quieter
Diminuendo (Dim.)	Gradually getting quieter
Dolce	Sweet, soft
Dolore	Grief, sorrow
Doloroso	Sorrowful
Douce	Sweet
E, ed	And
Energico	Energetic
Espressivo (espress.)	Expressive
Fine	The end
Forte (f)	Loud
Fortepiano (fp)	Loud, then immediately soft
Fortissimo (ff)	Very Loud
Forza	Force
Giocoso	Playful, merry
Grave	Very slow, solemn
Grazioso	Graceful
Langsam	Slow
Largamente	Broadly
Larghetto	Rather slow
Largo	Slow and stately
Lebhaft	Lively
Legato	Smoothly
Leggiero	Light, nimble
Lent	Slow
Lento	Slow
Ma	But
Maestoso	Majestic
Marcato (marc.)	Emphatic, accented
Marcia	March
Mässig	At a moderate speed
Meno	Less
Mesto	Sad
Mezzo	Half
Mezzo forte (mf)	Moderately loud
Mezzo piano (mp)	Moderately quiet
Misterioso	Mysteriously
Moderato	Moderate speed
Modéré	At a moderate speed
Molto	Very much
Morendo	Dying away
Mosso	Movement
Moto	Movement
Niente	Nothing (silence)
Non	Not
Perdendosi	Dying away
Pesante	Heavy
Pianissimo (pp)	Very quiet
Piano (p)	Quiet
Più	More
Poco	A little
Poco a poco	Little by little
Prestissimo	As fast as possible
Presto	Fast (faster than allegro)
Prima, primo	First
Quasi	As if, resembling
Rallentando (Rall.)	Gradually getting slower
Retenu	Held back
Rinforzando (rf, rfz, rinf.)	Reinforcing
Risoluto	Bold, strong
Ritardando (rit., ritard.)	Gradually getting slower
Ritenuto (rit., riten.)	Held back
Ritmico	Rhythmically
Rubato	With some freedom of time
Ruhig	Peaceful
Scherzando	Playfully, joking
Schnell	Fast
Semplice	Simple, plain
Sempre	Always
Senza	Without
Sforzando (sf)	Forced, accented
Sforzato (sfz)	Forced, accented
Simile (sim.)	In the same way
Smorzando (smorz.)	Dying away in tone and speed
Sonoro	Resonant, with a rich tone
Sostenuto	Sustained
Sotto voce	In an undertone
Spirito	Spirit
Staccato (stacc.)	Detached
Stringendo	Gradually getting faster
Subito (sub.)	Suddenly
Tempo	Speed, time
Tenuto	Held
Tranquillo	Calm
Traurig	Sad
Tristamente, Triste	Sorrowful
Troppo	Too much
Vite	Quick
Vivace, vivo	Lively, quick