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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fermata | A hold or pause |
| Legato | Smooth and connected |
| Marcato | Marked; with emphasis |
| Sforzando | Forced; With emphasis |
| Staccato | Seperated detached style |
| Tenuto | Sustain full value |
| Accent | Marked; with emphasis |
| Al fine | To the finish |
| Coda | The final added measures of a musical composition |
| Da Capo | From the beginning (DC) |
| Del Segno | From the sign (DS) |
| Segno | The sign |
| Animato | Animated; Spirited |
| Cantabile | In a singing style |
| Con Brio | With spirit; Brilliantly |
| Con spirito | With spirit; Brilliance |
| Dolce | Sweetly |
| Grazioso | Gracefully |
| Maestoso | Majestically |
| Marzaile | Martial |
| Tempo | Time; Speed |
| A Tempo | In time; generally implies a return to original rate of speed |
| Accelerando | Gradually faster |
| Largo | Very slow |
| Adagio | Very slow |
| Andante | Moderatley slow but moving |
| Moderato | Moderately |
| Allegro | Rapid; lively |
| Vivace | Vivacious; lively |
| Rallentando | Gradually slower (Rall) |
| Ritardando | Gradually slower (Rit) |
| Chromatic | By semitones |
| Etude | A study |
| Molto | Very |
| Poco a poco | Little by little |
| Soli | More than one performer in unision |
| Solo | A composition or passage for one performer |