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Conducting Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a capella | "as in chapel," unaccompanied choral singing |
| accelerando | gradual acceleration |
| accompagnato | accompanied |
| adagio | slow; leisurely; a slow movement |
| ad libitum | at liberty |
| agitato | agitated |
| a la mesure | in strict time |
| al fine | to the finish |
| alla breve | 2/2 meter, cut time |
| allargando | growing slower |
| allegro | lively, brisk, rapid |
| allegro ma non troppo | fast, but not too much so |
| andante | moderately slow, walking tempo |
| andantino | little slower than andante |
| animato | animation, with spirit |
| assai | very |
| a tempo | in time |
| con brio | with life |
| cantablie | in a singing style |
| capo | head; beginning |
| capriccioso | in a capricious, fanciful, fantastic style |
| coda | a passage ending a movement |
| codetta | short coda |
| colla parte | with the part |
| come prima | as before; as at first |
| con | with |
| crescendo | swelling; gradual increase in loudness |
| dal segno | from the sign |
| decrescendo | decreasing in loudness |
| detache' | detached |
| divisi | divided |
| dolce | sweetly |
| encore | again |
| fermata | a hold |
| fine | end; close |
| forte | loud |
| fortissimo | extremely loud |
| forzato | with force, energy |
| fuoco | with fire |
| furioso | furiously |
| giocoso | playfully |
| grand | large |
| grandioso | with gradeur |
| grave | heavy, slow |
| grosso | great |
| istesso/l'istesso tempo | same tempo |
| lagrime con | tearful |
| langsam | slow |
| largamente | largely |
| larghetto | faster than largo |
| largo | large;broad |
| legato | smoothly |
| leggiero | light, airy |
| lento | slow |
| lunga | long |
| maestoso | majestic |
| marcato | with emphasis |
| marcatissimo | very marked emphasis |
| meno | less; not so |
| moderato | moderate |
| molto | very |
| morendo | dying away |
| mosso | moved |
| moto | motion |
| parlando | speaking; singing with clear and marked enunciation |
| perdendosi | dying away |
| pesante | heavy, ponderous, firm |
| piano | soft, softly |
| pianissimo | very soft |
| pianississimo | very, very soft |
| piu | more |
| poco | little |
| prestissimo | very rapidly |
| presto | fast; rapid |
| primo | first |
| quasi | as if it were |
| rallentando | growing slower and slower |
| ritardando | growing slower and slower |
| rubato | robbed time; give/take |
| sans | without |
| secco | dry/simple |
| segno | a sign |
| sempre | always |
| senza | without |
| sforzato | special stress; marked and sudden emphasis |
| sostenuto | sustained |
| spiccato | sharp staccato (off the string) |
| spirito, con | with spirit |
| staccato | short, detached |
| stringendo | hastening |
| subito | suddenly |
| tacet | "it is silent" |
| tenuto | held: tone so marked is to be sustained for its full time value |
| tessitura | range covered by the main body of tones in a given part |
| troppo | too much |
| tutti | entire ensemble performing |
| vigoroso | with vigor |
| vivace | lively animated, brisk |
| vivo | lively, spirited, briskly |
| voce | voice part |
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