Italian music terms
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Italian | English |
|---|---|
 Tam burino | Snare Drum |
| arpa | Harp |
| Pianoforte | Softly loud |
| Corde or Archi | Strings |
| Maggiore | Major |
| Minore | Minor |
| Concerto grosso | Solo group and Orchestra group |
| Partita | Suite |
| Pianissimo | Very softly |
| Mezzo piano | Medium softly |
| Fortissmo | Very loud |
| Rallentando | becoming slower |
| Rubato | flexible tempo |
| Grave | Solemnly |
| Mosso | Moving |
| Fuoco | ardor |
| Gusto | taste |
| Maestoso | Majestically |
| Segno | Sign |
| Senza | Without |
| Cantabile | Song like |
| Comodo | Comfortably |
| Dolce | sweetly |
| Tremolo | Alternation of notes |
| Troppo | Too much |
| Subito | Suddenly |
| Tacet | Does not play |
| Mesto | Sadly |
| Pesante | Heavily |
| Semplice | Simply |
| Sostenuto | sustained |
| vivace | briskly |
| Sordino | mute |
| Staccato | seperated |
| Andante | flowing |
| Moderato | Moderatly |
| a tempo | Regular tempo |
| accelerando | becoming faster |
| Squilante | blaring |
| Secco | drily |
| Contrabasso | Controbasson |
| Listesso | The same |
| Meno | Sharp |
| A/al/alla | In the matter of |
| Attacca | Proceed without stopping |
| Piu | More |
| Poco | Little |
| Clavicembalo | Harpsichord |
| Molto | Very |
| Non | nor |
| Capo | Begginning |
| Come | as |
| Preludio | Overture |
| Strumenti a fiato | winds |
| Ottavino | Piccolo |
| Corno inglese | English horn |
| Cornetta | Cornet |
| Percussione | Percussion |
| Timpano | Kettle drum |
| Gran Cassa | Tenor drum |
| Glissando | Sliding from one pitch to another |
| Legato | Smoothly |
| Divisi | Divide |
| Fine | end |
| Agitatio | excitedly |
| Brio | Spirit |
| Calmato | Calm |
| Allegro | Lively |
| Prestissimo | Very fast |
| Largo | Broadly |
| Adagio | easily |
| Tutti | all |
| Lento | Slowly |
| Crescendo | louder |
| Decrescendo | becoming softer |
| Morendo | dying away |
| Rinforzando | emphasized |
| Sassofono | Saxphone |
| fagotto | bassoon |
| Corno | horn |
| Tromba | trumpet |
| Tenuto | held |
| Pizzicato | plucking |
| Ponticello | bridge |
| Tallone | frog |
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