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ABRSM Grade 2 Performance Directions
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03/11/2012
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Accelerando
 Definition
getting faster
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Adagio
 Definition
slow
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Allargando
 Definition
getting broader, louder and slower
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Allegretto
 Definition
rather fast
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Allegro
 Definition
fast, lively
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allegro assai
 Definition
very fast
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andante
 Definition
at a walking pace
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andantino
 Definition
faster or slower than andante
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larghetto
 Definition
rather slow
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largo
 Definition
slow, stately
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lento
 Definition
slow
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moderato
 Definition
moderately
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mosso, moto
 Definition
movement
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presto
 Definition
very fast
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rallentando
 Definition
getting slower
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ritardando
 Definition
getting slower
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ritenuto
 Definition
held back
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tempo
 Definition
speed
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vivace, vivo
 Definition
fast, lively
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alla marcia
 Definition
in the style of a march
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cantabile
 Definition
in a singing style
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da capo (D.C)
 Definition
repeat from the beginning
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dal segno (D.S)
 Definition
repeat from the sign $
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dolce
 Definition
sweetly
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espressivo (espress, espr.)
 Definition
expressive
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fine
 Definition
the end
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giocoso
 Definition
merry
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grave
 Definition
very slow, solemn
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grazioso
 Definition
gracefully
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legato
 Definition
smoothly
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maestoso
 Definition
majestic
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sforzando, sforzato (sf, sfz)
 Definition
forced, accented
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simile (sim.)
 Definition
in the same way
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sostenuto
 Definition
sustained
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staccato (stacc.)
 Definition
detached
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tenuto
 Definition
held
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crescendo (cresc.)
 Definition
getting louder
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decrescendo (decresc.)
 Definition
getting softer
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diminuendo (dim.)
 Definition
getting softer
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f (forte)
 Definition
loud
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ff (fortissimo)
 Definition
very loud
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fp (fortepiano)
 Definition
loud, then soft
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mf (mezzo forte)
 Definition
moderately loud
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mp (mezzo piano)
 Definition
moderately soft
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p (piano)
 Definition
soft
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pp (pianissimo)
 Definition
very soft
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a
 Definition
at, to, by, for, in, in the style of
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al, alla
 Definition
in the style of
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assai
 Definition
very
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con,col
 Definition
with
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e, ed
 Definition
and
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ma
 Definition
but
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meno
 Definition
less
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mezzo
 Definition
half
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molto
 Definition
very, much
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non
 Definition
not
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piu
 Definition
more
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poco
 Definition
a little
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senza
 Definition
without
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troppo
 Definition
too much
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non troppo
 Definition
not too much
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