| Term | Definition |
| Allargando | Broadening; gradually slower |
| Atonality | No specific key or tonality |
| Bitonality | The use of two different key at the same time |
| Canon | A strict copy of the entire theme of a piece in another voice |
| Codetta | A short coda |
| Giocoso | Merrily; with humor |
| Gradioso | Gracefully |
| Meno | Less |
| Pesante | Heavily |
| Piu | More |
| Piu Mosso | More motion; faster |
| Ritenuto | Immediately slower |
| Sempre | Always |
| Senza | Without |
| Trill with prefix | A trill performed with an added beginning from above or below |
| ...etto | A suffix meaning little or less than, such as allegr~ for a little slower and Allegro |
| ...ino | A suffix indicating little or less that, such as andant~ for a little faster than Andante |