senior terms

a poco a little; gradually a tempo in time; generally implies a return to the original rate of speed accelerando gradually faster adagietto slow, but not as slow as adagio adagio very slow agitato agitated; rapid al fine to the finish alla in the style of allargando gradually slower and broader allegretto light and moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro allegro rapid; lively andante moderately slow, but moving andantino generally a little quicker than andante animato animated; spirited appassionato intensely; passionately; with deep feeling arioso in a vocal style assai very ben well brilliante brilliantly calando gradually slower and softer cantabile in a singing style chromatic by semi-tones coda the final added measures of a musical composition con with con amore with tenderness con anima with animation; spirit con brio with spirit; brilliantly con forza with force con fuoco with fire, energy con grazia with grace con spirito with spirit; brilliance crescendo gradually louder da capo from the beginning dal segno from the sign decrescendo gradually softer diminuendo gradually softer dolce sweetly energico energetically etude a study fermata a hold or pause forte loud fortissimo very loud forzando forcefully accented furioso furiously giocoso joyfully grandioso grand or noble style grave very slow or solemn grazioso gracefully l'istesso the same larghetto slow, but not as slow as largo larghissimo very slow, more so than largo largo very slow legato smooth and connected leggiero lightly lento very slow marcato marked; with emphasis marcia march style marziale martial meno Less mezzo medium; half moderato moderately molto very morendo dying away mosso motion; movement moto motion; movement non troppo not too much opus a musical work or composition ottava an octave pesante heavily; with emphasis pianissimo very softly piano softly piu more poco a little poco a poco little by little prestissimo very fast; more so than presto presto very fast primo first rallentando gradually slower religioso in solemn style ritardando gradually slower ritenuto a steady pace, but slower than the preceding tempo rubato temporary irregularity of time, lengthening some notes at the expense of others scherzando in light, playful style scherzo playfully, usually in rapid tempo with rhythmic and dynamic contrasts segno the sign sempre always; continually senza without sforzando forced; with emphasis simile the same smorzando dying away soli more than one performer in unison solo a composition or passage for one performer sordino mute sostenuto sustained staccato separated, detached style stringendo gradually faster subito suddenly tacet silent tempo time; speed tempo di valse waltz time tenuto sustain full value valse waltz veloce very fast vivace vivacious; lively vivo lively; brisk