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italian terms
HS Band Italian Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |