italian terms Flashcards
(32 cards)
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tempo commondo
A
at a comfortable speed
2
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L’istesso tempo
A
at the same speed
3
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Tempo giusto
A
at a consistent speed
4
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non troppo
A
not too much
5
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grave
A
slow and solemn
6
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rubato
A
with some freedom in the time
7
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stringendo
A
pressing on faster
8
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perdendosi
A
fading away
9
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smorzando
A
dying away
10
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rinforzando (rfz or rf)
A
reinforcing the tone
11
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pesante
A
heavily
12
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cantando
A
in a singing style
13
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tenuto (ten.)
A
held
14
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placevoke
A
pleasant, agreeable
15
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portamento
A
a smooth glide from one note to another (as in singing or string playing)
16
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dolente
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sadly, plaintively
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doloroso
A
sadly, plaintively
18
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sotto voice
A
softly, in an undertone
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giocoso
A
gay, merry
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grazioso
A
gracefully
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assai
A
very
22
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quasi
A
as if, as if it were
23
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scherzando
A
playfully
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subito (sub.)
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suddenly
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sul ponticello (sul pont.)
bow on near the bridge
26
sul tasto
bow on or near the finger board
27
tremolo
bowing very rapidly to produce a shimmering or wavering effect
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pizzicato
pluck the string with the finger
29
arco
with the bow (used after a pizz sign.)
30
counterpoint
a compositional technique in music in which two or more independent melodies are combined
31
contrapuntal
the adjective used to describe music which combines two or more independent melodies (counterpoint)
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chromatic (semitone or scale)
two notes a semitone apart with the same letter name
