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Musical Theory Terms

  1. a cappella
    unaccompanied
  2. accelerando
    gradually getting faster
  3. adagio
    slow
  4. affettuoso
    tenderly
  5. adgitato
    adgitated
  6. alla marcia
    in the style of a march
  7. allargando
    broadening
  8. allegretto
    fairly quick
  9. allegro
    quick
  10. amabile
    amiable
  11. amore
    love
  12. amoroso
    loving
  13. andante
    walking pace
  14. andantino
    slightly faster than andante
  15. anima
    soul
  16. animato
    animated
  17. appassionato
    with passion
  18. assai
    very
  19. assez
    enough
  20. a tempo
    in time
  21. avec
    with
  22. bewegt
    with movement
  23. brillante
    brilliant
  24. brio
    vigour
  25. cantabile
    singing style
  26. col
    with
  27. comodo
    convenient
  28. con
    with
  29. crescendo
    getting louder
  30. delicato
    delicate
  31. diminuendo
    getting quieter
  32. dolce
    sweetly
  33. dolente
    sad
  34. dolore
    grief
  35. energico
    energetic
  36. expressione
    expression
  37. expressivo
    expressive
  38. forte
    loud
  39. facile
    easy
  40. felice
    happy
  41. feroce
    fierce
  42. fine
    end
  43. flessibile
    flexible
  44. fortepiano
    loud, then immediately soft
  45. fuoco
    fire
  46. furioso
    furious
  47. gehend
    at a steady pace
  48. geschwind
    quick
  49. giocoso
    playful
  50. giojoso
    joyful
  51. gradioso
    grandly
  52. grave
    very slowly
  53. grazioso
    graceful
  54. joyeux
    joyful
  55. lametoso
    lamenting
  56. langsam
    slow
  57. larghetto
    rather slow
  58. largo
    slow
  59. lebhaft
    lively
  60. legato
    smooth
  61. legerement
    light
  62. leggiero
    light
  63. lento
    slow
  64. lustig
    cheerful
  65. ma
    but
  66. maestoso
    majestic
  67. mais
    but
  68. marcato
    accented
  69. marziale
    in a military style
  70. mesto
    sad
  71. mezzo
    moderatly
  72. misterioso
    mysterious
  73. moderato
    moderate speed
  74. molto
    very
  75. morendo
    dying away
  76. moto
    movement
  77. munter
    lively
  78. nicht
    not
  79. obbligato
    obligatory
  80. piano
    quiet
  81. pedale
    pedal
  82. piu
    more
  83. pizzicato
    plucked
  84. poco
    little
  85. presto
    fast
  86. prima
    first
  87. quasi
    as if
  88. rallentando
    getting slower
  89. retenu
    held back
  90. rigoroso
    strict
  91. rit
    slow down
  92. rubato
    freedom of time
  93. sans
    without
  94. schnell
    fast
  95. secondo
    second
  96. semplice
    simple
  97. senza
    without
  98. soave
    gentle
  99. sordino
    mute
  100. sostenuto
    sustained
  101. sotto
    below
  102. sotto voice
    in an undertone
  103. spiritoso
    spirited
  104. staccato
    detached
  105. subito
    suddenly
  106. tanto
    so much
  107. tempo
    speed
  108. teneramente
    tenderly
  109. tenuto
    held
  110. tranquillo
    calm
  111. traurig
    sad
  112. tres
    very
  113. troppo
    too much
  114. tristamente
    sad
  115. tutti
    all
  116. un
    one
  117. vibrato
    vibrating
  118. viel
    much
  119. vif
    lively
  120. vigoroso
    vigorous
  121. vite
    quick
  122. vivo
    lively
  123. voll
    full
  124. massig
    moderate speed
  125. etwas
    rather
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Musical Theory Terms
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Grade 5 music Theory terms
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