Accelerando
gradually faster
A2/ a due
For two (duet)
Ad libitum
at liberty
Adagio
slow and expressive
agitato
fast/excited
alla breve
cut time
allargando
slower and broadening
allegretto
moderately quick
allegro
quick and lively
allmahlich
gradually
amoroso
loving tender
andante
walking tempo 76-108
andantino
slightly faster than walking tempo
animato/anime/animando
lively
A piacere
at pleasure
aperto
open-clear-unstopped
appasionato
with passion
assai
very
a tempo
starting tempo
attacca
without pause
ausrucksvoll
expressive
avec
with
ben/bene
well
bewegt
quickly with movement
blechblaser
brass ensemble
bravura
virtuosic passage
breit
broadly tempo 40-60
brilliante
have passage stand out
brio
vigor
cadenza
improvised passage
calando
quietly
cantabile
singingly
cedez
softer/slower
col/colla
follow
come
like
come prima
like at first (tempo)
comodo
comfortable easy
con
with
cor/corno
horn
crescendo
gradually louder
cuivre
brass
da capo D.C
From the beginning
dal segno D.S.
from the sign
Dampfer
with mute
deciso
determined
diminuedo/decrescendo
gradually softer
dolce
sweetly
dolore
sad mornful
doux
sweet and soft
drangend
move on accellerating
eilend
unhurried
en dehors
prominent standout
encore
following piece
energico
with energy
espressivo/expressif
expressively
etude
musical study
etwas
‘somewhat’ in regards to tempo
facile
easily
feierlich
solemn
fermata
to hold
feroce
fiercely
fine
end
flatterzunge
fluttertongue
fliessend
flowing
forte/fortissimo
loud/loudly
forza
force
fuoco
fiery
furioso
furiously/fast
G.P.
Grand pause
Gedampft
muted
gemachlich
at your ease
getragen
sustained
giocoso
merry playful
giusto
in exact time
glissando
slur
grandioso
grand noble style
grave
slow tempo
grazioso
graceful
grosso
all i.e. concert grosso
Gusto
with zest
hauptstimme
principle voice
heftig
violent
hervortretend
more emphesized
immer
continually
impetuoso
imposing in a festive manner
kraftig
strongly
lamentoso
mornfully
langsam
slow
largamente
broadly
larghetto
a little bit broad
largo
slow and dignified
leghaft
quickly
legato
smooth articulation
leggiero/leger
light and delicate
lento/lent
slow
liberamente
freely
licenza
with a certain freedom
l’istesso/stesso
the same
lontano/lointain
as from a distance
lunga
long as in ‘long pause’
ma
but
M.M
metronome marking
maestoso
majesticly
marcato
marked
massig
moderate
meno
less
mezzo
moderately
mit
with
moderato/modere
affects tempo a bit slower
moins
less
molto
very
morendo
gradually dying away
mosso
rapid
moto
motion
muta
change -as in change keys
nicht
not
niente
from nothing
non
not
non troppo
not too much
ohne
without
ossia
aternatively
otez
off
perdendosi
losing volume
pesante
pesant like
peu
little
piano/pianissimo
soft/very soft
pistons
part of brass instruments
piu
more
plus
more
poco
little
poco a poco
little by little
portamento/portato
carrying to carry
posaune
trombone
pressez
accelerando
presto/prestissimo
quick very quickly
primo/primo
first
quasi
as if
rallentando
slowing down
reprise
repeat
retenu
hold back
rinforzando
reinforced
risoluto
resolute, bold, resolved
ritardando/ritard
slowing down
ritenuto
held back momentarily
rubato
rhythmic flexibility
ruhig
calm
sans
without
scherzando
playfully
schleppend
slowly dragging
schnell(er)
fast
sec/secco
dry
segno
sign
segue
moving onward
sehr
very
semplice
simple
sempre
always
senza
without
sforzando/forzando
pushed attack
simile
in the same manner
sonore
full deep rich sound
sordine/sordino/sourdine
muted
sostenuto
sustained
sotto voce
under the voice
spirito/spiritoso
with spirit
staccato
accented short
stringendo
gradually faster
subito
suddenly
tacet
don’t play
tenuto
held
tranquillo
tranquilly
tres
very
tromba
trumpet
trompeten
old trumpet instrument
troppo
fast
tutta forza
full power
tutti
together
un
a
veloce
played rapidly
via
with -‘mute’
vif
lively
vivace
very fast
vivo
with life
volta
musical repeats
volti
to turn
V.S.
turn suddenly
vorwarts
forward
zart
tender
zeitmass
tempo
zuruckhaltend
held back