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italian terms
HS Band Italian Terms
Question | Answer |
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Arpergio | Broken Chord |
Calando | Softer Slower |
Accelerando | Gradually faster |
largemente | broadly |
assai | Very |
ad lib | at pleassure |
coda | the final added measure of a musical composition |
con | with |
agitato | agitated; rapid |
marcatto | with emphasis |
cresendo | Gradually louder |
adagio | very slow |
marcia | a march |
allagrando | slow and broad |
decrescendo | gradually softer |
fine | finish |
alla | in a style of |
meno | less |
allegro | rapid; lively |
diminuendo | gradually softer |
legato | smoothly |
allegretto | moderately quick and light |
moderato | moderately |
menuetto | a minuet |
moto | motion movement |
molto | very much |
animato | in an animated style |
pesante | heavily |
forte | loud |
andante | moderatly slow but moving |
sforzando | accented |
andantino | faster than andante |
fortissimo | very loud |
brio | spirit vivacity |
non | not |
tutti | all together |
sostenuto | sustained |
largo | very slow |
mezzo | half medium |
piu | more |
cantiable | in a singing style |
dacapo | from the very begining |
stacatto | detached |
morendo | dying away |
larghetto | quicker than largo |
poco | a little |
tenuto | hold the full value |
lento | very slow |
dalsengo | from the sign |
primo | first |
piano | soft |
quasi | like |
dolce | sweetly |
pianissimo | very soft |
mosso | rapid |
sempre | always |
espressivo | with expression |
smorzando | dying away |
presto | very fast |
rallentando | gradually slower |
senza | without |
fucco | fire energy |
giocoso | playfully |
ritardando | gradually slower |
simile | the same |
subito | suddenly |
grandisio | majestic; grand |
ritenuto | slower |
troppo | too much |
grazioso | gracefully |
tempo | speed |
vivo | rapid lively |
maestoso | majestic |
marziale | in a martial style |
religioso | solemly |
rubuto | a temporary irregularity of time, lengthening certain notes, shortening others |
scherzando | playfully |
spirito | with spirit |
vigirosso | energetic |
vivace | spirited |