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ABRSM 4
Question | Answer |
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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 |