Conducting

Terms Q1

Accelorando

Increase tempo

Adagio

Slowly

A due (a.2)

Both performers

Affrettando

Quicken the tempo

Agitato

Excited, aggitated

Allargando

Becoming broader, slowing

Alle, alles

All, every

Allegretto

Moderately fast

Allegro

Quick, rapid tempo

Allein

Solo, alone

Allmähllch

Gradually

Al niente

Diminish the sound to nothing

Ancora

Again

Andante

Moderately slow

Animando

With growing animation

Arpeggiando

Roll the chord in harp style

Arrêt

Stop

A tempo

Resume the original tempo

Attaca

Begin next section without stopping

Belebend

With growing animation

Bestimmt

Energetic

Bewegt

Agitated

Blech

Brass instruments

Bouché

Muted French horn, using hand, indicated by +

Breit

Broadly

Chiuso

Muted French horn, using hand

Colla parte

In unison with other parts

Come prima

Like the first time

Con

With

Coro

Chorus

Da Capo (dc)

Return to the beginning

Dämpfer

Mute ( mit = with, ohne = without )

Dopplo movimento

Double tempo

En animant

With increasing animation

Enchainez

Continue to the next section without stopping

En dehors

In front of

Erste

First

Espansione

Broadening

Fiero

Fiercely

Flatterzunge

Flutter tongue

Gestopft

Muted French horn w/ hands

Glusto

Moderately

Glissando

Slide

Gradamente

Gradually

Grave

Slow, solemn

Holz

Woodwinds

Immer

Always

Lalssez vibrer

Let vibrate, don’t dampen

Langsem

Slowly

Largamente

Broadly

Largo

Very slow

Lebhaft

Lively

Légèrement

Lightly

Lent

Slowly

LH

Left hand

L’istesso

The same

L’istesso tempo

The same tempo

Marcato

Marked, with emphasis

Mässig

Moderate

Meno

Less

Mezzo

Half

MM

Maelzel Metronome, tempo indicator

Moderato

Moderately

Modéré

Moderate tempo

Modo

Style

Modo Ordinario

In the usual manner

Molto

Much, very

Morendo

Dying away

Mosso

Movement, agitated

Molto

Motion