Glossary of terms: Grade 2 Flashcards
Learning and understanding Italian terms. (29 cards)
Allargando
Tempo - becoming broader
Meno mosso
Tempo - slower (less speed)
Piu mosso
Tempo - faster (more speed)
Allegretto
Tempo - moderately fast
Largo
Tempo - broadly
Lento
Tempo - slowly
Vivace
Tempo - lively and spirited
Vivo
Tempo - lively and spirited
Fortissimo (ff)
Dynamic - very loud
Pianissimo (pp)
Dynamic - very quiet
Mezzo piano (mp)
Dynamic - moderately soft
Mezzo forte (mf)
Dynamic - moderately loud
Cantabile
Style - in a singing style
Da Capo al fine (D.C al fine)
Direction - return to the beginning and play until the word ‘fine’ (which means the end).
Dal Segno (D.S)
Direction - play from ‘the sign’
Maestoso
Feeling - majestic - importantly
Mezzo staccato
Articulation - moderately short and detached
Leggiero
Style - lightly
Molto
very (e.g. molto cantabile)
Poco
a little (e.g. poco accelerando)
Senza
without (e.g. senza rit.)
Sempre
always (e.g. sempre staccato)
Sostenuto
Style - sustained
Pause or ‘fermata’
Hold the note for longer than the written value