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| still more; used generally with tempo indications, as in “ancora meno mosso” |
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| attack or go on; ie: at the end of a movement, a direction to begin the next movement immediately without a gap or pause |
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| well (ben marcato = well-marked) |
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| whispering; ie: a special tremolo effect on the harp where a chord or note is rapidly repeated at a low volume |
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| falling away – getting slower and quieter |
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| “head” voice; chief part in a contrapuntal piece; opposite is Nebenstimme |
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| getting faster and louder |
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| dying (in dynamics and perhaps tempo) |
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| carried; non-legato, but not as detached with staccato |
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| reinforced; emphasized; sometimes like a sudden crescendo, but often applied to a single note |
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| held back; slower (usually more so but more temporarily than a ritardando and it may, unlike ritardando, apply to a single note) |
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| to drag (usually nicht schleppen – don’t drag) |
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| dying away, extinguishing or dampening, usually interpreted as a drop in dynamics and often in tempo as well |
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| under voice; softly and subdued |
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| on the bridge – in string playing, an instruction to play near to the bridge |
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| on the fingerboard – instruction to bow over the fingerboard, opposite of sul ponticello |
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| to touch on a note slightly longer than usual, but without altering the note’s value |
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