Cape Town Male Voice Choir
 
Glossary: Music Terminology
   
Musical Term
Meaning
   
a capella
a piacere
a tempo
accelerando (accel.)
ad libitum (ad. lib.)
adagio
affetuoso
affretando
agitato
al segno
alla
allegretto
allegro
amoroso
andante
andantino
animato
appassionato
assai
con moto
come prima
con anima
con brio
con dolore
con espressione
con forza
con grazia
con moto
con spirito
crescendo (cresc.)
da capo (D.C.)
da capo al segno
dal segno
decrescendo (decresc.)
delicato
diminuendo (dim.)
dolce
espressivo
feroce
fine
forte (f)
fortissimo (ff)
furioso
giocoso
giojoso
grandioso
grave
grazioso
gustosof
lacrimoso
languido
largamente
larghetto
largo
legato
leggiero
lento
ma non troppo
maestoso
marcato
meno forte
meno mosso
meno piano
meno
mezzo forte (mf)
mezzo piano (mp)
mezzo
moderato
molto
morendo
pesante
phrase
piacevole
pianissimo (pp)
piano (p)
piu forte
piu lento
piu mosso
piu piano
poco a poco
pomposo
prestissimo
presto
rallentando (rall.)
risoluto
ritardando
ritenuto
rubato
scherzando
sempre
senza
serioso
sforzando (sfz)
sonore
sotto voce
spianato
staccato
strepitoso
stretto
stringendo
sustenuto
tacet
tempo giusto
tempo primo
teneramente
tenuto (ten.)
tranquillo
troppo
veloce
vigoroso
vivace
vivacissimo
vivo
volante
volti subito (V.S.)
unaccompanied
at the performers pleasure
in time!
accelerate
at the performers pleasure
very slow
tenderly
hurrying
agitated
go to the sign
in the style (of)
rather fast
moderately fast
lovingly
slow
moderately slow
animated
impassioned
very
with movement
as at first
animatedly
lively
dolorously
with expression
with force
gracefully
with motion
with spirit
gradually becoming louder
from the beginning
from the beginning to the sign
from the sign
gradually becoming softer
delicate
gradually becoming softer
sweetly, gently
expressively
fiercely
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loud
very loud
with fury
humorously
joyous
grandly
extremely slow, solemn
gracefully
with gusto
tearfully, mournfully
languid
broadly, massively
rather broadly
broadly
smoothly
lightly
slow
but not too much so
majestic
markedly
less loudly
slower
less softly
less
moderately loud
moderately soft
half
moderate speed
much
dying away
heavily
musical sentence or clause to be sung in one breath
pleasantly
very soft
soft
more loudly
slower
faster
more softly
little by little
pompously
as fast as possible
very quickly
gradually getting slower
resolutely
retarding the speed
hold back
flexible in time
playfully
always
without
seriously
accented suddenly
sonorously
subdued
calm
play detached, separated short notes
boisterously
hurrying
hurrying
sustained
silent
strict tempo
first speed
tenderly
sustained
tranquil
too much
speedily
vigorously
lively
very lively
lively
flying
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