Translations of Terms Italian Terms - Top 150 —_—_—_—_—_ >» bake isa list of the 150 most commonly found Italian terms in music, There are many ifferent ways to translate some of these terms, but in general the following translations are widely accepted in the music community. Tf you are looking for a term that is not listed here, try an Italian dictionary or refer to the list of references on page 94, a tempo accelerando (accel.) adagietto adagio affettuoso affrettando agitato alla marcia allargando allegretto allegro andante andantino a niente animato appassionata arco assai attacca ben marcato brillante bruscamente calando cantabile cantando return to former speed gradually becoming faster slow but not as slow as ‘adagio’ slowly with feeling, emotion hurrying hurried, with agitation in strict, march tempo (usually 120 beats per minute) gradually becoming broader moderately fast lively and fast at an easy walking pace; moving, going ‘small Andante’; slightly faster OR slower than Andante fade to no sound with animation full of emotion with the bow (used after a pizz. sign) very go on at once well marked brilliantly rough, harshly getting softer and slower ina singing style ina singing style Scanned with CamScanner60 chiuso col legno colla voce comodo con amore con anima con brio/con spirito con forza con fuoco con grazia con moto con sordino crescendo (cresc.) da capo al fine (D.C. al fine) dal segno (D.S.) deciso decrescendo (decresc,) —————— deliberamente delicatamente/delicato diminuendo (dim,) ————— divisi (div.) dolce dolcissimo dolente doloroso espressione fermata ? feroce forte () forte-piano (fp) fortissimo (f) giocoso giusto, giustamente closed (often refers to muting a horn by hand) with the back (wooden part) of the bow with the voice (ie. following the vocal line) easily, conveniently with love with feeling with spinit with force with fire with grace with movement with the mute gradually becoming louder from the beginning until the word ‘fine’ from the sign decisively gradually becoming softer deliberately delicately gradually becoming softer divided (split into parts) soft and sweet, sweetly very sweetly sadly, plaintively sadly, plaintively expression pause fiercely loud loud then immediately soft very loud gay, merry Precise, in time Scanned with CamScannergrave grazioso listesso tempo lamentoso larghetto largo, largamente legato leggiero lento loco lontano MM, ma non troppo maestoso mancando mano destra (M.D.) mano sinistra (M.S) marcato meno meno mosso mezzo forte (mp mezzo piano (mp) so ~ mezzo staccato - or f misterioso moderato molto morendo non troppo parlando passionato perdendosi pesante piacevole ‘Translations of Terms slow and solemn gracefully at the same speed mournfully rather broadly broadly smoothly, well connected (often indicated with a slur) lightly slowly at normal pitch (after an 8va sign) distant, a great way off Maelzel's Metronome (metronome marking) but not too much majestically dying away right hand left hand marked less less speed (slower) moderately loud moderately soft moderately short and detached mysteriously at a moderate speed very dying away not too much in recitative style passionately fading away heavily pleasant, agreeable 61 Scanned with CamScannerTranslations of Terms: piangendo piangevole pianissimo (pp) piano (p) pid piu mosso pizzicato (pizz, placido poco poco a poco poi portamento prestissimo presto primo quasi rallentando (rall.) rauco rinforzando (rfz or rf) riposo risoluto ritardando (rit) ritenuto (riten. / rit.) rubato scherzando sciolto scordato scordatura secondo semplice sempre senza sfogato crying, plaintive plaintive very soft soft more more speed (quicker) pluck the string with the finger placidly alittle little by little then, afterwards slide the voice from one note to the next extremely fast very fast first (part) almost gradually becoming slower harsh reinforcing the tone restfully with resolution gradually becoming slower immediately slower with some freedom in the time playfully free, unconstrained out of tune deliberate inexact tuning of an instrument for special effects second (part) simple always without lightly played Scanned with CamScannersforzando (sf: or sf) slentando smorzando sopra sostenuto sotto sotto voce spiccato staccatissimo r staccato f strepitoso stringendo subito (sub) sul sul ponticello (su! pont.) sul tasto tanto tempo tempo commodo tempo giusto teneramente tenuto (ten.) F tranquillo tre corde (TC) or tutte le corde tremolo tutti una corda (U.C,) vivace / vivo ‘Translations of Terms a strong accent becoming slower dying away over sustained under softly in an undertone fast staccato playing on stringed instruments extremely short and detached short and detached (indicated with a dot above or below) noisy, boisterous pressing on faster suddenly on bow on or near the bridge bow on or near the finger board so much speed at a comfortable speed at a consistent speed tenderly held calmly (3 strings) release the soft pedal on the piano bowing very rapidly to produce a shimmering or wavering effect passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist (one string) with the soft pedal on the piano lively and spirited 63 Scanned with CamScanner