Music Terms from my college notes
 M U S I C
- A = at, for,with
- Accelerando (accel.) = gradually increase speed
- Adagio = slowly, leisurely
- Ad libitum(ad lib.) = at the performer's pleasure
- Agitato = restless, agitated
- Allargando = gradually slower, louder and broader
- Allegretto = moderatly fast, lively
- Allegro = lively, brisk, rapid, quick
- Amore = tenderness, affection
- Andante = moderatly slow time, a walking speed
- Animato = with spirit
- A poco a poco - little by little
- Assai = very
- A tempo = in the original tempo (speed)
- Ben = well
- Ben marcato = very well
- Bravura = boldness, force
- Brio = vigor, animation
- Cantabile = in a singing style
- Con = with
- Con moto = with motion
- Con spirito = with spirit
- Crescendo (cresc.) = increasing in loudness, gradually louder
- Da capo (D.C.) = repeat from the begining
- Dal segno (D.S.) = repeat from the sign
- Decresendo (decresc.) = decrease in loudness, gradually softer
- détaché = detached
- Diminuendo (dim.) = gradually softer
- Dolce = sweetly, softly
- Energia = energy, force
- Expressione = expression, feeling
- Farza = force or emphasis
- Forte (f) = strong, loud
- Fortissimo (ff) = very strong, loud
- Fortississimo(fff) = very strong, loud
- Fuoco = fire, energy
- Grandioso = grandly
- Grave = slow and solemn
- Grazia = grace, elegance
- Grazioso = in a gracful manner
- Largo = broad and smooth
- Legato = Smoothly (opposite of staccato)
- Lento = moderately slow
- Ma = but
- Maestoso = majestic, stately
- Marcato = marked
- martelé = hammered stroke
- Meno = less
- Meno mosso = less motion, slower
- Mezzo = half, moderately medium
- Moderato = moderately fast
- Molto = much
- Morendo = dying away in tone and time
- Mosso = action movement
- Non = not
- Opus (op.) = a musical composiiton, a work
- Passionato = with fervor
- Passione = passion, feeling
- Piano (p) = softly
- Pianissimo (pp) = very softly
- Pianississimo (ppp) = very very softly
- Piu = more
- Poco = a little
- Poco a poco = little by little
- Poco a poco animato = animated little by little
- Pomposo = pompously
- Piu mosso = more motion
- Presto = very quick, very very lively
- Quasi = almost
- Rallentando (rall.) = gradually slower
- Risoluto = in a resolute manner
- Ritardando(rit) = Rallentando(rall.) = gradually retarding
- Rubato = robbed time - increasing and decreasing tempo in a passage
- Scherzando = playfully, sportively
- Sempre = always
- Simile = in the same manner
- Simplice = simply
- son filé = with a spun sound
- Sostenuto = sustained, prolonged
- Sotto voce = in a quiet subdued tone, subdued voice
- Staccato = detached separated
- Subito = suddenly, immediately
- sautillé = skipped or hopped tones
- Tempo = rate of speed
- Tempo di valse = in waltz time
- Tempo primo = Return to original tempo
- Tenerezza = tenderness, delicacy
- Tenuto (ten.) = held full value, held longer
- Tranquillo = peacefuly, calmly
- troppo = too, too much
- Vibrato = a wavering tone effect
- Vigoroso = vigorously
- Vivo = with life and animation
- Vivace = briskly, brightly, very lively
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