Musical Performance Vocabulary

Flashcards covering French, German, and Italian musical tempo and performance terms, transcribed directly from the lecture notes.

cédez

yield/hold back tempo

léger

light, lightly

lentement

sauly

modéré

at a moderate tempo

mouvement

tempo, motion

vite

Sask

bewegt

moving

langsam

slow, slowly

mässig

moderate, moderately

mit Ausdruck

with expression

schnell

Sast

sehr

very

allargando

broadening, becoming slower

arco

on abowed string instrument, resume bowing after a pizzicato passage

attacca

proceed without a break

calando

becoming slower & safter

comodo

at a comfortable, easy tempo

con sordino

with mute

largamente

broadly

l'istesso tempo

the same tempo

pizzicato

on a bowed string instrument, pluck the string instead of bowing

ritenuto, riten.

Suddenly slower, held back

stringendo

pressing, becoming faster