A

Andante moderately slow

Allegretto lively

Allegro fast

Allegro con brio fast with spirit

Allegro vivo fast and energetic

Allegretto scherzando lively and playful

Al Fine to the end

Accent an emphasis put on a note indicated by > or ^

Animato animated or energetic motion

Appoggiatura to lean; a note that leans into the following note

A Tempo return to the original tempo

A voce piena to full voice

A piacere freedom in performance; ad libitum

Affretando hurrying

Avec with

Appuy support

Assez enough

A suoni pieni to full sounds

Ancora still; again

volont ad libitum

Ad libitum at liberty; an improvised passage

Aperto open

Alla to the

laise comfortable

Assai much

Ardito dared; bold; energetic

Agitato agitated

Amabile loveable

A capriccio at will

A suo arbitro at your will

dfant de for lack of (if you dont have something)

Allmhlich breiter gradually wider

Ardent burning

Armonioso harmonious

Allez go

Attacca attaches (usually two movements)

Affetto affected

Ausfhrung execution

A suo comodo to your [the players] comfortB

Brio spirit or vigor

Bravura skill

Ben ritmato quite rhythmical; good rhythmBewegt moves

Berceuse lullaby

Brillante brilliantly

Bien chante well sings

Breit wide

C

Cantabile to play in a singing style

Coda a closing section of a musical composition

Con with

Crescendo increase in volume

Con enfasi with emphasis

Calando lowering

Cantando singing

Corrente running

Comodo comfortable

Capriccio caprice; an impulsive piece; an impulsively written piece

Colla parte with the part

Come prima how first

Calmato eased

Cdez - yieldD

D.C. Da Capo go back to the beginning

D.S. Dal Segno go back to the sign

Decrescendo decrease in volume

Diminuendo to diminish volume; also decrease in volumeDolce sweetly

Doux et expressif two and expressive

Dans in

Doloroso grievous

Du dbut from the beginning

Dolcissimo very sweetly

Delicato, -tezza, -tamente delicate, delicacy, delicately

Matin morning

Printemps Spring

Die viertel wie frher die achtel the quarters such as earlier the eighths

Divertimento fun; a fun pieceDue voce, -i two shoutingtwo voiceDritte third (3rd)

Dolente - hurting

E

Espressivo to play with expression

En pressant deu a little urgent

Encore again larger widen; broaden; take slower

Enfasi emphasis

Eilend hurrying

Eine one

Erste first (1st)Einleitend initiating

Etwas langsamer somewhat more slowlyF

Fermata indicates to hold a note longer or until conductor continues

Fine the end

Forza force

Fuoco fire

Feroce fierce

Fois time

Fiero - proud

G

Giocoso playful

Gigue a dance

Grandioso grandiose

Gai cheerful

Gusto flavor

Grave serious

H

Hte rushing

Hongroise HungarianHeureux happy

I

Il canto the songIntermezzo interval (music played during the interval or time between movements)

Idylle romance (a romantic piece)

J

Jusqua la fin even has the end

K

L

Legato smoothly connected

Lento slowly, without dragging

Leggiero light; gentle

Li secure

Les triolets sans rigueur play triplets without harshness

Leger light

Lgrement lightly

Lento slow

Lesto quick

Liberamente freely; liberally

Lusingando enticing

Lunga long

Lang long

Langsam slowly

Largamente widely

La traviata the corrupted

M

Maestoso majestic and dignified

Marcato accented and stressed, usually played heavily

Meno less

Molto very or much

Mosso motion

Morendo to dye or fade away

Moins vite less quickly

Mais bien but well

Misterisoso mysteriousMa non troppo but not too much; also ma non tantoMystico mystical

Mobile moveable; wayward

Mancando being lacking; dying away

Mordant biting

Malinconico melancholy; dejected; sad; gloomy

N

Nobile nobleOOstinato insisted; a repeated motive

Ossia namely; an alternative segment P

Pi morePoco little

Poco a poco little by little

Presto very fast

Plus de langueur more languor or weakness

Port carries

Pressez press

Portamento bearing

Peu presse not hurried

Persistenza persistence

Passionato passionate

Peine pain; sadness; sorrow; trouble

Pesante heavy

QQuasi like or similar toR

Rallentando gradually growing slower

Ritardando gradually growing slower

Rubato flexible tempo

Retenez keep

Retenu immediate reduction in tempo; kept; ritenuto

Risoluto in a resolute manner

Ritenuto retained;