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ABRSM 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Strings & Brass: con cordini (or con sord.) | with mutes |
| String & Brass: senza sordini ( or senza sord.) | without mutes |
| String: arco | play with the bow (a direction after pizzicato) |
| Strings: v and | bowing marks |
| Strings: | a slur over or under notes means that they are to be played in one stroke of the bow |
| String: pizzicato | plucked |
| Strings: sul G | play on the G string |
| Strings: sul ponticello | play near the bridge |
| Piano: una corda (literally one string) | press the left pedal |
| Piano: tre corde (literally three strings) | release the left pedal |
| Piano: Ped or P_________ | press/release the right pedal |
| Piano: mano | hand: mano sinistra or m.s (left hand) mano destra or m.d. (right hand) |
| Piano: | spread the notes of a chord quickly, starting from the bottom note |
| affettuoso | tenderly |
| affrettando | hurrying |
| amabile | amiable, pleasant |
| appassionato | with passion |
| calando | getting softer, dying away ( and usually slowing down) |
| cantando | singing |
| come | as, similar to (come prima: as before or come soppra: as above) |
| facile | easy |
| fuoco | fire |
| giusto | proper, exact (tempo giusto: in strict time) |
| l'istesso | the same (l'istesso tempo: at the same speed) |
| morendo | dying away |
| niente | nothing |
| nobilmente | nobly |
| perdendosi | dying away |
| possibile | possible (presto possibile: as fast as possible) |
| quasi | as if, resembling |
| sonoro | resonant, with rich tone |
| sopra | above |
| sotto | below (sotto voce: in an undertone) |
| veloce | swift |
| voce | voice |
| a | to, at |
| anime | animated, lively |
| assez | enough, sufficiently |
| avec | with |
| cedez | yield, relax the sound |
| douce | sweet |
| en dehors | prominent (a direction to make a melody stand out) |
| et | and |
| legerement | light |
| lent | slow |
| mais | but |
| moins | less |
| modere | at a moderate speed |
| non | not |
| peu | little |
| plus | more |
| presser | hurry (en pressant: hurrying on) |
| ralentir | slow down |
| retenu | held back (en retenant: holding back, slowing a little) |
| sans | without |
| tres | very |
| un, une | one |
| vif | lively |
| vite | quick |