Rudiments Terms
Italian terms:
1. Accelerando_______________________________________________________________
2. A tempo___________________________________________________________________
3. Alla ______________________________________________________________________
4. Animato __________________________________________________________________
5. Assai _____________________________________________________________________
6. Ben ______________________________________________________________________
7. Brillante ___________________________________________________________________
8. Col, colla __________________________________________________________________
9. Coll’8va __________________________________________________________________
10. Con _____________________________________________________________________
11. Con brio _________________________________________________________________
12. Con espressione ___________________________________________________________
13. Con moto ________________________________________________________________
14. E, ed ____________________________________________________________________
15. Espressivo ________________________________________________________________
16. fp, Fortepiano _____________________________________________________________
17. Grave ___________________________________________________________________
18. Leggiero _________________________________________________________________
19. Loco ____________________________________________________________________
20. Ma _____________________________________________________________________
21. Meno ____________________________________________________________________
22. Meno mosso ______________________________________________________________
23. M.M. ____________________________________________________________________
24. Molto____________________________________________________________________
25. Non _____________________________________________________________________
26. Non troppo _______________________________________________________________
27. Ottava, 8va _______________________________________________________________
28. Piu _____________________________________________________________________
29. Piu mosso ________________________________________________________________
30. Poco ____________________________________________________________________
31. Poco a poco ______________________________________________________________
32. Quasi ____________________________________________________________________
33. Sempre___________________________________________________________________
34. Senza ___________________________________________________________________
35. Tempo __________________________________________________________________
36. Tempo primo _____________________________________________________________
37. Tempo rubato _____________________________________________________________
38. Tenuto ___________________________________________________________________
39. Tranquillo ________________________________________________________________
40. Troppo __________________________________________________________________
41. Vivace ___________________________________________________________________
42. Ad libitum ________________________________________________________________
43. Agitato __________________________________________________________________
44. Allargando ________________________________________________________________
45. Arco ____________________________________________________________________
46. Attaca ___________________________________________________________________
47. Commodo, A commodo
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48. Con fuoco ________________________________________________________________
49. Con grazia ________________________________________________________________
50. Con sordina _______________________________________________________________
51. Dolente __________________________________________________________________
52. Giocoso
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53. Grandioso
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54. Largamente _______________________________________________________________
55. L’istesso tempo ____________________________________________________________
56. Martellato ________________________________________________________________
57. Mesto ___________________________________________________________________
58. Morendo _________________________________________________________________
59. Ped. ____________________________________________________________________
60. Pesante __________________________________________________________________
61. Pizzicato _________________________________________________________________
62. Primo ___________________________________________________________________
63. Ritenuto __________________________________________________________________
64. Scherzando________________________________________________________________
65. Adagio __________________________________________________________________
66. Allegretto _________________________________________________________________
67. Allegro __________________________________________________________________
68. Andante __________________________________________________________________
70. Andantino ________________________________________________________________
71. Cantabile _________________________________________________________________
72. Crescendo ________________________________________________________________
73. Da Capo, D.C.
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74. Dal Segno, D.S.
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75. Decrescendo
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76. Diminuendo _______________________________________________________________
77. Dolce ___________________________________________________________________
78. Fermata __________________________________________________________________
79. f, Forte __________________________________________________________________
80. ff, Fortissimo ______________________________________________________________
81. Fine _____________________________________________________________________
82. Grazioso
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83. Larghetto _________________________________________________________________
84. Largo ___________________________________________________________________
85. Legato ___________________________________________________________________
86. Lento ____________________________________________________________________
87. Maestoso _________________________________________________________________
88. Marcato __________________________________________________________________
89. M.D. (mano destra) _________________________________________________________
90. M.S. (mano sinistra) _________________________________________________________
91. mf, Mezzo forte ____________________________________________________________
92. mp, Mezzo piano ___________________________________________________________
93. Moderato _________________________________________________________________
94. p, Piano __________________________________________________________________
95. pp, Pianissimo _____________________________________________________________
96. Presto ___________________________________________________________________
97. Prestissimo _______________________________________________________________
98. Rallentando _______________________________________________________________
99. Ritardando ________________________________________________________________
100. Staccato ________________________________________________________________
101. Secondo, Seconda _________________________________________________________
102. Semplice ________________________________________________________________
103. sf, sfz, Sforzando __________________________________________________________
104. simile ___________________________________________________________________
105. Sonore __________________________________________________________________
106. Sostenuto
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107. Sotto voce _______________________________________________________________
108. Strepitoso _______________________________________________________________
109. Stringendo _______________________________________________________________
110. Subito __________________________________________________________________
111. Tacet ___________________________________________________________________
112. Tre Corde _______________________________________________________________
113. Tutti ___________________________________________________________________
114. Una corda _______________________________________________________________
115. Vivo
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116. Volta subito (V.S.) _________________________________________________________
German Terms:
1. Bewegt ___________________________________________________________________
2. Langsam __________________________________________________________________
3. Lebhaft ___________________________________________________________________
4. Massig ___________________________________________________________________
5. Ruhig ____________________________________________________________________
6. Schnell ___________________________________________________________________
7. Suss _____________________________________________________________________
8. Traurig ___________________________________________________________________