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Details Title The Art of Conducting (Hunsberger/Ernst) Appendix 7 Description Musical Terms Total Cards 65 Subject Music Created 02/01/2010

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Term affrettando (affrett.)	Definition Quicken the tempo.
Term allein	Definition solo, alone
Term ancora	Definition again
Term arrêt	Definition stop
Term bestimmt	Definition Energetic.
Term bewegt	Definition agitated. Bewegter - More agitated
Term Blech	Definition brass instruments
Term bouché	Definition muted french horn
Term breit	Definition broadly
Term chiuso	Definition Muted french horn--using hand
Term colla parte	Definition in unison with another part; for example, col. vln, with violings. Commonly used in Jazz scores.
Term come prima	Definition like the first time
Term coro	Definition chorus (not french horn)
Term en animant	Definition with increasing animation
Term enchainez	Definition continud to next section without pausing. As, attaca.
Term en dehors	Definition in front of; with emphasis; to be clearly heard through the ensemble.
Term espansione	Definition broadening
Term fiero	Definition fiercely
Term gestopft	Definition Muted french horn, using hand
Term guisto	Definition moderately
Term gradamente	Definition gradually
Term Holz	Definition woodwinds
Term laissez vibrer (LV)	Definition let vibrate, do not dampen (for harp, perc, keyboard, etc)
Term lebhaft	Definition lively
Term legerement	Definition lightly
Term l'istesso	Definition the same
Term mässig	Definition moderate
Term mezzo	Definition half
Term modo	Definition style
Term mosso	Definition movement, agitated
Term moto	Definition motion
Term mouvement	Definition tempo
Term muta, mutando	Definition change (usually a change in tuning or instrument)
Term ordinario	Definition return to previous method of performance (usually following instructions for a special techinique)
Term otez	Definition remove
Term parlante	Definition sung in a speaking style
Term Partitur	Definition the score
Term perendosi	Definition gradually dying away
Term peu	Definition a little
Term piacere	Definition at the performer's pleasure
Term pieno	Definition Full.
Term portando la voce	Definition vocal glissando, sliding from one note to the next
Term premier mouvement (1er mouvt.)	Definition at the original tempo. (Erster tempo, Tempo I, a tempo)
Term Pult	Definition desk or stand
Term retenu	Definition held back
Term ritenuto	Definition more immediate slowing of tempo
Term ruhig	Definition Quietly, tranquil
Term sans timbres	Definition without snares
Term schmachtend	Definition Languid
Term seconda volta	Definition second time
Term sempre	Definition always
Term smorzando	Definition dying away
Term soutenu	Definition sustained
Term stentando, stentato (stent.)	Definition delaying, holding back
Term stesso movimento	Definition same tempo
Term Stimme	Definition voice or voice part
Term Stimmung	Definition tuning
Term suivez	Definition Follow. indicates where the soloist may take liberties
Term supra	Definition above--for keyboard hand crossings
Term très	Definition Very.
Term troppo	Definition too much
Term vide	Definition Empty. Cut, indicated by vi. . . at the beginning of the cut and . . .de at the end of the cut.
Term wüthend	Definition Furiously.
Term zeitmass	Definition tempo.
Term zurückhaltend	Definition ritard

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