theory kms

A tempo

Return to original tempo

Accelerando

Gradually speed up

Calore

With warmth

Cantabile

In a singing style

Coda

The last part of a piece

Con Brio

With vigour and spirit

Con Moto

With motion

Crescendo

Gradually get louder

Da Capo (D.C.)

Return to the beginning of a piece

Dal Segno (D.S.)

Return to "The Sign"

Decrescendo

Gradually get softer (c)

Diminuendo

Gradually get softer (m)

Dolce

Sweetly

Fermata

Hold the note until the conductor releases it.

Fine

The end

Giocoso

Humourously, jokingly

Legato

Smoothly

Marcato

Marked; emphasized

Molto

Very much; a lot

Morendo

Dying away

Poco

A little

Rallentando

Slow down

Ritardando

Gradually slower

Ritenuto

Slow more suddenly and extremely than a ritardando

Rubato

Display intense feeling by modifying the time.

Sempre

Always

Sforzando

Forcibly; with a sudden strong accent

Sostenuto

Sustained

Staccato

Separated

Tenuto

Held, sustained. Wind player: use a soft tongue. Singers: "press" articulation.