- 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