grade 5 - performance directions

Question 1

attacca

Answer 1

go straight on to the next section of music

Question 2

dolente

Answer 2

sad, mournful

Question 3

dolore

Answer 3

grief (doloroso: sorrowful)

Question 4

doppio movimento

Answer 4

twice as fast

Question 5

estinto

Answer 5

as soft as possible, lifeless

Question 6

incalzando

Answer 6

getting quicker

Question 7

lacrimoso

Answer 7

sad

Question 8

loco

Answer 8

at the normal pitch (used to cancel an 8va direction)

Question 9

lunga

Answer 9

long (lunga pausa: long pause)

Question 10

lusingando

Answer 10

coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style)

Question 11

misura

Answer 11

measure (allamisura: in strict time; senza misura: in free time)

Question 12

ossia

Answer 12

or, alternatively

Question 13

piacevole

Answer 13

pleasant

Question 14

piangevole

Answer 14

plaintive, in the style of a lament

Question 15

pochettino. poch.

Answer 15

rather little

Question 16

rinforzando, rf, rfz

Answer 16

reinforcing

Question 17

segue

Answer 17

go straight on

Question 18

smorzando, smorz.

Answer 18

dying away in tone and speed

Question 19

teneramente, tenerezza

Answer 19

tenderly, tenderness

Question 20

tosto

Answer 20

swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense as troppo) flying, fast

Question 21

aber

Answer 21

but

Question 22

Ausdruck

Answer 22

expression

Question 23

bewegt

Answer 23

with movement, agitated

Question 24

breit

Answer 24

broad, expansive

Question 25

ein

Answer 25

a, one

Question 26

einfach

Answer 26

simple

Question 27

etwas

Answer 27

somewhat, rather

Question 28

fröhlich

Answer 28

cheerful, joyful

Question 29

immer

Answer 29

always

Question 30

langsam

Answer 30

slow

Question 31

lebhaft

Answer 31

lively

Question 32

mässig

Answer 32

at a moderate speed

Question 33

mit

Answer 33

with

Question 34

nicht

Answer 34

not

Question 35

ohne

Answer 35

without

Question 36

ruhig

Answer 36

peaceful

Question 37

schnell

Answer 37

fast

Question 38

sehr

Answer 38

very

Question 39

süss

Answer 39

sweet

Question 40

traurig

Answer 40

sad

Question 41

und

Answer 41

and

Question 42

voll

Answer 42

full

Question 43

wenig

Answer 43

little

Question 44

wieder

Answer 44

again

Question 45

zart

Answer 45

tender, delicate

Question 46

zu

Answer 46

to, too