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| Accelerando (accel) | gradually faster |
| Adagio | very slow |
| Al fine | to the finish |
| Allegro | rapid; lively |
| Andante (And'te) | moderatley slow, but moving |
| Andantino | generally a little quicker than andante |
| A poco | a little; gradually |
| A tempo | in time; generally implies a return to the original rate of speed |
| Cantabile | in a singing style |
| Chromatic | by semi-tones |
| Coda | the final added measures of a musical composition, usually marked wih a ø |
| Con | with |
| Crescendo | < Cresc gradually louder |
| Da capo (D.C.) | from the beginning |
| Dal sego (D.S.) | from the sign |
| Diminuendo (Dim) | gradually softer > |
| Dolce | sweetly |
| Etude | a study |
| Fermata | a hold or pause |
| Forte (f) | loud |
| Fortissimo (ff) | very loud |
| Forza, con | with force |
| Forzando (Fz) | forcefully |
| Grandioso | in a grand and noble style |
| Largo | very slow |
| Legato | smooth and connected |
| Leggiero | lightly |
| Lento | very slow |
| L'istesso | the same (such as l'istesso tempo the same speed) |
| Maestoso | majesticly |
| Marcato | marked; with emphasis |
| Meno | less (such as meno mozo-less movement) |
| Mezzo | medium; half (such as mezzo pano, medium soft) |
| Moderato | moderately |
| Molto | very |
| Morendo | dying away |
| Mosso | motion; movement |
| Moto | motion, movement |
| Pianissimo (pp) | very soft |
| Piano (p) | softly |
| Piu | more (such as piu lento, slower; piu mosso, faster) |
| Poco | a little (such as a poco animato, a little less) |
| Poco a poco | little by little |
| Presto | very fast |
| Rallantando (rall) | gradually slower |
| Ritardanto (rit) | gradually slow |
| Rubato | a temporary irregularity of time, lengthening certain notes and shortening others |
| Scherzando | in a light and playful style |
| Sempre | always or continually |
| Sforzando (sfz) | forced; emphasize |
| Simile | the same; continue in the same manner |
| Soli | more than one performer in unison |
| Solo | A composition or passge for one performer |
| Sordino | muted (con sordino-with mute; senza sordino-without) |
| Staccato | separated, detached |
| Stringendo (String.) | gradually faster |
| Subito | suddenly |
| Tempo | time or speed |
| Tenuto | sustain full value |
| Vivace | vivacious; lively |
| Vivo | lively; brisk |
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