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French Music Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |