Advanced Vocab Flashcards
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Léger
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Light, lightly
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Cédez
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Yield; hold the tempo back
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Lentement
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Slowly
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Modéré
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At a moderate tempo
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Mouvement
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Tempo; motion
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Vite
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Fast
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Ausdrucksvoll
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Expressively
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Bewegt
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Agitated, excited
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B moll
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B flat minor
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Dur
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Major (key)
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H dur
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B major
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Langsam
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Slowly
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Lebhaft
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Lively
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Mässig
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Moderately
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Moll
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Minor (key)
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Ruhig
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Quietly
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Sehr
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Very
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Schnell
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Fast, quick
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Ad libitum
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At the liberty of the performer
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Agitato
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Agitated
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Allargando
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Broadening, becoming slower
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Arco
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Resume bowing after playing pizzicato
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Attaca
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Proceed without a break
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Calando
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Becoming slower and softer
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Comodo, commodo
At a comfortable easy tempo
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Con fuoco
With fire
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Con grazia
With grace
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Con sordino
With the mute
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Dolente
Sadly
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Giocoso
Humorously, jocose
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Grandioso
Grandly, grandiose
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Largamente
Broadly
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L'istesso tempo
At the same speed
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Martellato
Hammered, strongly accented
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Mesto
Sadly, mournfully
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Morendo
Dying, fading away
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Pesante
Weighty, with emphasis
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Pizzicato
Pluck the string instead of bowing
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Primo, prima
First; the upper part of a duet
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Quindicesima alta (15ma)
Two octaves higher
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Risoluto
Resolute
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Ritenuto
Suddenly slower, held back
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Scherzando
Playfully
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Secondo, seconds
Second; second or lower part of a duet
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Semplice
Simply
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Sforzando
A sudden strong accent of a single note or chord
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Simile
Continue in the same manner as has just been indicated
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Sonore
Sonorously
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Sotto voce
Soft, subdued, under the breath
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Stringendo
Pressing, becoming faster
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Subito
Suddenly
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Sul ponticello
On the bridge (strings)
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Tacet
Be silent
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Tutti
All performers are to take part
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Vivo
Lively
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Volta
"Time"
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Volti subito (V.S.)
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