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Conducting
Conducting Terms
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Undergraduate 3
10/07/2009

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adagietto
Definition
rather slow
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adagissimo
Definition
very slow
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ancora
Definition
still more; used generally with tempo indications, as in "ancora meno mosso"
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assai
Definition
very
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attacca
Definition
attack or go on; ie: at the end of a movement, a direction to begin the next movement immediately without a gap or pause
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ausdrucksvoll
Definition
expressively
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avec
Definition
with
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bellicoso
Definition
warlike, aggressive
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ben, bene
Definition
well (ben marcato = well-marked)
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bewegt
Definition
moved, speeded
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bisbigliando
Definition
whispering; ie: a special tremolo effect on the harp where a chord or note is rapidly repeated at a low volume
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bocca chiusa
Definition
with closed mouth
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calando
Definition
falling away - getting slower and quieter
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cambiare
Definition
to change
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cedez
Definition
yield, give way
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chiuso
Definition
closed; muted by hand
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colla parte
Definition
with the soloist
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coperti
Definition
covered; ie: on a drum
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con sordino
Definition
with mute
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devoto
Definition
religiously
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dolente
Definition
sorrowfully
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Dur
Definition
major key in German
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en dehors
Definition
prominently
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en pressant
Definition
hurrying forward
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en retenant
Definition
slowing
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etwas
Definition
somewhat
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geschwind
Definition
quickly
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getragen
Definition
sustainedly
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giocoso / giojoso
Definition
gaily
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giusto
Definition
strictly, exactly
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Hauptstimme
Definition
"head" voice; chief part in a contrapuntal piece; opposite is Nebenstimme
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immer
Definition
always
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incalzando
Definition
getting faster and louder
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leggiero
Definition
lightly or delicately
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lo stesso
Definition
the same
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lusingando
Definition
coaxingly
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mässig
Definition
moderately
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morendo
Definition
dying (in dynamics and perhaps tempo)
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perdendosi
Definition
dying away
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piacevole
Definition
pleasant
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piangevole
Definition
plaintive
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portato
Definition
carried; non-legato, but not as detached with staccato
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rinforzando
Definition
reinforced; emphasized; sometimes like a sudden crescendo, but often applied to a single note
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ritenuto, riten, rit
Definition
held back; slower (usually more so but more temporarily than a ritardando and it may, unlike ritardando, apply to a single note)
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schleppen
Definition
to drag (usually nicht schleppen - don't drag)
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schnell
Definition
fast
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smorzando
Definition
dying away, extinguishing or dampening, usually interpreted as a drop in dynamics and often in tempo as well
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sotto voce
Definition
under voice; softly and subdued
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strepitoso
Definition
noisy
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sul ponticello
Definition
on the bridge - in string playing, an instruction to play near to the bridge
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sul tasto
Definition
on the fingerboard - instruction to bow over the fingerboard, opposite of sul ponticello
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tenuto
Definition
to touch on a note slightly longer than usual, but without altering the note's value
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volante
Definition
flying
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volti subito (VS)
Definition
turn page quickly
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zart
Definition
tender
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Zeitmass
Definition
time-measure / tempo
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