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Basic Italian Musical Terms
Words used in music often. Thompson Middle school.
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Music
8th Grade
04/14/2010
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Term
Andante
 Definition
medium slow, walking pace
Term
adagio
 Definition
slow
Term
moderato
 Definition
moderate
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allegro
 Definition
fast
Term
presto
 Definition
very fast
Term
Pianissimo
 Definition
very soft
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piano
 Definition
soft
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mezzo piano
 Definition
medium soft
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mezzo forte
 Definition
medium loud
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forte
 Definition
loud
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fortissimo
 Definition
very loud
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crescendo
 Definition
gradually louder
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decrescendo
 Definition
gradually softer
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accelerando

 

 Definition
gradually faster
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ritardando
 Definition
gradually slower
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ritenuto
 Definition
suddenly slower
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con moto
 Definition
with motion
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meno mosso
 Definition
less motion
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doppio movimento
 Definition
twice as fast, double the movement
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a tempo
 Definition
resume the previous tempo
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l'istesso tempo
 Definition
keep the same tempo
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rubato
 Definition
stolen time, flexible with the tempo
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fermata
 Definition
sustain the note longer than the written value
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caesura
 Definition

a short pause in the music

 
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legato
 Definition
smooth and connected
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tenuto
 Definition
sustained full value
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portato
 Definition
seperated slightly with a slur
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staccato
 Definition
detached, seperated
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staccatissimo
 Definition
very short
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marcato
 Definition
marked with emphasis
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sforzando
 Definition
sudden strong accent
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cantabile
 Definition
in a singing style
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dolce
 Definition
sweetly
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espressivo
 Definition
expressivly
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scherzando
 Definition
playfully
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leggiero
 Definition
lightly
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sostenuto
 Definition
sustained
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maestoso
 Definition
majestically
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pesante
 Definition
heavy
Term
simile
 Definition
same
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pocco a pocco
 Definition
little by little
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subito
 Definition
much, very
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non
 Definition
not
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sempre
 Definition
always
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senza
 Definition
without
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divisi
 Definition
divide the part
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tutti
 Definition
all,  everyone play together
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tacet
 Definition
be silent, do not pla
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largo
 Definition
veryslow
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