- a tempo: in time; generally implies a return to original rate of speed
- accelerando: gradually faster
- al fine: to the finish
- allegretto: light and moderately quick, but not as fast as allegro
- allegro: rapid; lively
- andante: moderately slow, but moving
- andantino: generally a little quicker than andante
- animato: spirited
- cantabile: in a singing style
- chromatic: by semi-tones
- coda: the final added measures of a musical composition
- con brio: with spirit; brilliantly
- con spirito: with spirit, brilliance
- crescendo: gradually louder
- da capo: from the beginning
- dal segno: from the sign
- decrescendo: gradually softer
- diminuendo: gradually softer
- dolce: sweetly
- etude: a study
- fermata: a hold or pause
- forte: loud
- fortissimo: very loud
- grazioso: gracefully
- largo: very slow
- legato: smooth and connected
- maestoso: majestically
- marcato: marked; with emphasis
- marziale: martial
- mezzo: medium; half
- moderato: moderately
- molto: very
- pianissimo: very softly
- piano: softly
- poco a poco: little by little
- presto: very fast
- rallentando: gradually slower
- ritardando: gradually slower
- segno: the sign
- soli: more than one performer in unison
- solo: a composition or passage for one performer
- staccato: separated, detached style
- tacet: silent
- tempo: time; speed
- tenuto: sustain full value