Please open the link below for the Music terminology for ABRSM students Tosto - swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense as troppo) Teneramente, tenerezza - tenderly, tenderness Smorzando, smorz - dying away in tone and speed Piangevole - plaintive, in the style of a lament Misura - measure (alla misura: in strict time senza misura: in free time) Lusingando - coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style Loco - at the normal pitch (used to cancel an 8va direction) Retenu - held back (en retenant: holding back, slowing a little)Īttaca - go straight on to the next seccion of musicĭoppio movimento - twice as fastĮstinto - as soft as possible, lifelessĭolore - grief (doloroso: sorrowful) Presser - hurry (en pressant: hurrying on) Sotto below (sotta voce: in an undertone)Įn dehors prominent (a direction to make a melody stand out) Possibile possible (presto possibile: as fast as possible) L'istesso the same (l'istesso tempo: at the same speed) Giusto proper, exact (tempo giusto: in strict time) Volta time (prima volta: first time seconda volta: second time)Ĭalando getting softer, dying away (and usually slowing down)Ĭome as, similar to (come prima: as before come sopra: as above) Rubato, tempo rubato with some freedom of time at choice, meaning a passage may be played freelyĪlla breve with a minim (half note) beat, implying a faster tempo than the note values might otherwise suggestĪnima soul, spirit, (ex: con anima can mean "with feeling" or "spirited")Īnimato animated, lively (ex: animando = becoming more lively)īrio vigour (ex: con brio = with vigour, lively)Ĭomodo convenient (tempo comodo: at a comfortable speed) Staccatissimo note is to be played as breifly as possible and perhaps accented as wellĪdagietto rather slow (but faster than adagio)Īd libitum, ad lib. Troppo too much (ex: non troppo = not too much) Sf, sfz (sforzando or sforzato) forced, accented Mosso, moto - movement (ex: meno mosso = slower, con moto = with movement) Larghetto - rather slow (but not as slow as largo) or espr.) - expressiveįp (fortepiano) - loud, then immediately soft Repeat marks - at the second sign, go back to the first sign and repeat the music from there (the first sign is left out if the music is repeated from the beginning)Ĩva (ottava) - If above notes, perform an octave higher if below notes, perform an octave lowerĪl, alla - to the, in the manner of (ex: alla marcia = in the style of a march)Īllargando - broadening (getting a little slower and probably a little louder)Īndantino - slow, slightly faster than andanteĪssai - very (ex: allegro assai = very quick)Įspressivo (or espress. Tempo - speed, time (ex: a tempo = in time) Rallentando (or rall.) - gradually getting slower Moderato - moderately (ex: allegro moderato = moderately quick) Mp (mezzo piano) - moderately quiet (literally "half" quiet) Mf (mezzo forte) - moderately loud (literally "half" loud) Accelerando (or accel.) - gradually getting quickerĪllegretto - fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro)Ĭrescendo (or cresc.) - gradually getting louderĭa capo (or D.C.) - repeat from the beginningĭal segno (or D.S.) - repeat from the signĭecrescendo (or decresc.) - gradually getting quieterĭiminuendo (or dim.) - gradually getting quieter
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