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Alla breve vs Alla marcia

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2/2 vs in the style of march

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Piu vs Poco

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more vs little

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Molto vs Mosso

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much vs movement/motion

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Ritmico vs Ritard

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Rhythmically vs Getting slower

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Perdendosi vs Pesante

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Dying away vs Heavy

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Dolore vs Douce

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Sad vs Sweet

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Meno vs Mano

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Less vs Hand

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Tranquillo vs Trombone

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Calm vs Brass instrument

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Subito vs Scherzando

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suddenly vs playfully

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Quasi vs Quaver

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almost vs quaver

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11
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Assai vs Arco

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Very vs with the bow

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12
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Morendo vs Moderato

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Dying away vs Moderate

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13
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Corda vs Coda

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Strings vs Closing section

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14
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Leggiero vs Largamente

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Light vs Broadly

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15
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Triangle vs Traurig

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Percussion vs Sad

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16
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Maestoso vs Mesto

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Majestically vs Sad

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17
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Ad. lib vs Attacca

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Free style vs go straight on

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18
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Soprano vs Sforzando

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Female voice vs forced

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19
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Staccatissimo vs Sostenuto

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Very detached vs sustained

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20
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Trombone vs Tristamente

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Brass vs Sadly

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21
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Lento vs Largo

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Slow vs Slow

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22
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Con moto vs Cor anglais

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With motion vs oboe family

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23
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Spirito vs Schnell

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With spirit vs fast

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Sempre vs Semplice

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Always vs simple

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Agitato vs Animato
Agitated vs Animated
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Massig vs Mosso
Moderate vs Movement
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Presto vs Primo
Fast & First time
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Celesta vs Comodo
Percussion vs Comfortable
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Sotto vs Sonoro
Under vs Sonority
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Ben vs Breve
Well vs time value
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Marcato vs Misterioso
Forced vs Mysterious
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Senza vs Sempre
Without vs Always
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Rubato vs Ruhig
Flexibility vs calm
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Pizzicato vs Perdendosi
Plucked vs Dying away
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Bassoon vs Baritone
Woodwind instrument vs Male Voice
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Affettuoso vs Amabile
tenderly vs pleasant
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Traurig vs Tuba
Sad vs Brass instrument
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ma vs mf vs marcato
but vs mezzoforte vs marcato (forced)
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non troppo vs niente
not too much vs nothing
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Sonoro vs Sostenuto vs Soprano
Sonority vs Sustained vs female voice
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Grave vs Gong
Slow vs percussion instrument
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Timpani vs Tenor
Percussion instrument vs male voice
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Giocoso vs Glockenspiel
Merry vs Pitched Percussion Instrument
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Amore vs Alto
Love vs Female voice
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Senza vs Sempre
Without vs Always
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Ledger vs Lent
Ledger lines vs slow
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Dominant vs Dolore
The fifth note vs sad
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Deciso vs Doloroso
Determined vs Sad
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Enharmonic vs Etwas
Enharmonic vs somewhat a little a bit
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Retenu vs Rubato
Getting slower vs Flexibility of tempo
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Simile vs Sotto
Same vs Under
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submediant vs subdominant
6th vs 4th note
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Larghetto vs Langsam
Faster than Largo vs Slow
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Semistaccato vs Semibreve
Half detached vs music value
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Douce vs Da capo
Sweet vs Go back from the beginning
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Vite vs Vivo
Fast vs Fast
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Minim vs Minuet
Music Value vs Dance
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Rinforzando vs Risoluto
Reinforced vs Forced
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Lebhaft vs Legato
Lively vs Playing smoothly
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Strings instrument vs stringendo
Violin… | Getting faster
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Alla Marcia vs allargando
In style of March vs getting slower
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Presto vs Pesante vs Primo
Fast vs Heavy vs First Time
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Duplet vs Douce
2/3 vs Sweet
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Triplet vs Tristamente
3(2) vs Sadly
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Quintuplet vs Quasi
5(4)vs As if
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Sextuplet vs Semplice
6/4 vs Simple
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Septuplet vs Sengo
7/4 vs Sign
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Fine vs Fermata
Finished vs pause
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Marcato vs Marcia
Forced vs In the style of a March
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Ben vs brio
Well vs spirit
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Affettuoso vs ambile
Tenderly vs pleasant
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Sonoro vs sotto voice
Rich tone vs under tone
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Pesante vs andante
Heavily vs walking speed/walking tempo
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Presto vs primo
Fast vs first
75
Retenu vs rubato
Held back vs flexibility

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