Take 5 common performance directions Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
Q
a capella
A
unaccompanied (voices)
2
Q
agitato
A
agitated
3
Q
alla
A
in the manner of
4
Q
amoroso
A
lovingly
5
Q
anima, con anima
A
soulfully
6
Q
animato
A
animated
7
Q
appassionato
A
passionately
8
Q
arco
A
use the bow (string players)
9
Q
assai
A
very
10
Q
attacca
A
go straight on
11
Q
bravura
A
boldness
12
Q
brillante
A
brilliant
13
Q
brioso, con brio
A
with vigour
14
Q
cantabile
A
in a singing style
15
Q
coda
A
an ending to the music
16
Q
col, coll, con
A
with
17
Q
da
A
from
18
Q
da capo
A
from the beginning
19
Q
dolce
A
sweetly
20
Q
dolente
A
sadly
21
Q
dolore
A
sorrow
22
Q
espressivo
A
with expression
23
Q
fine
A
end
24
Q
forza
A
force
25
fuoco
fire
26
furioso
furiously
27
giocoso
playfully
28
giusto
proper, exact
29
glissando
sliding
30
granioso
grandly
31
grave
solemn
32
grazioso
gracefully
33
lacrimoso
sadly, tearfully
34
legato
smoothly
35
leggiero
lightly
36
lugubre
doleful, mournful
37
lunga pausa
long pause
