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French Music Terms
Term | Definition |
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Lent | Slow | Slowly with great expression |
Large | Very slowly and stately |
gravement | Seriously, solemnly |
Tres modere | Walking, quiet |
Modere | moderate |
anime | gay, quick | Spirited |
Vif, rapide | Lively, fast |
accelerer | Quickening |
élargissant | Broadening |
moins vite | Less Motion |
plus animé | More Motion |
peu a peu | Little by little |
Ralentissant ralentir | Slow down |
Ralentissant | Delayng the time gradually |
Retenu, cédez | Held back |
en pressant | Faster and more intense |
en diminuant | Quieting |
En s'effaçant | Rapidly diminsihing in time and volume |
En mourant | Gradually slower and softer |
affectueux | Tender, expressive |
agité | Agitated, hurried |
aimable | Amiable |
passionné | With intense emotion and feeling |
chantant | Singing style |
avec verve | With spirit | With dash, fire |
avec douleur | With Grief |
ardent | With fire |
mouvement | With movement |
doucement | Sweetly |
dolent | Mournfully |
en badinant | Playfully |
léger | Lightly |
caressant | Caressingly |
majestueux | Majestically |
martial | Style of a march |
mystérieux | Mysteriously |
en s'effaçant | Dying away |
plaisant | Smoothly, agreeably | Jokingly |
résolu | Boldly |
soutenu | Sustained |
tendré | Tenderly |
tenu | Held |
moins | Less |
très | Much |
pas trop | Not too |
plus | More |
peu | Little |
Toujours | Always |