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Aural Skills Vocab#1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accelerando | Gradually get faster |
| Adagio | Slow |
| Agitato | Agitated; Restless |
| Allegro | Fast; lively; cheerful |
| Amabile | Pleasant |
| Andante | Walking Speed, moderately slow |
| Animato | Animated; lively |
| Arco | With the bow |
| Assai | Very |
| Brio | Quick; vigor |
| Cantabile | In a singing style |
| A capella | Unaccompanied; choral; to the chapel |
| Cesura (Lat: Caesura) | Pause |
| Con | With |
| Dolce | Sweet |
| Expressivo | Expressive |
| Forza | Force; strength |
| Fuoco | Fire |
| Giocosa | Playful; Humorous |
| Grave | Very Slow; Solemn |
| Grazioso | Graceful; Elegant |
| Largo | Rather Slow; Stately |
| Legato | Connected; Smoothly |
| Leggiero | Light; Nimble |
| L'istesso | The Same |
| Loco | At the normal pitch (After an 8va) |
| Maestoso | Majestic |
| Marcato | Emphatic; accented (Detached Sound) |
| Meno | Less |
| Molto | Much; very |
| Mosso | Motion |
| A Piacere | At Pleasure |
| Piu | with; more |
| Poco | A little |
| Portamento | Slide from one tone to another |
| Presto | Very fast |
| Pizzicato | Plucked |
| Etto, -ino | Diminutive |
| Issimo | Augmentive |
| Ando, -endo | "ing" |