Orchestra Midterm Vocab

Amoroso

Tender and affectionate

Calando

Gradually softer and slower

Cantabile

In a singing style

Con Anima

With life and animation

Con Brio

With vigor and spirit

Con Fuoco

With energy or passion

Doce

Sweetly

Giocoso

Humorous

Grandioso

With grandeur

Grazioso

Gracefully

Legato

Smooth and connected

Leggiero

Lightly

Maestoso

Majestically

Marcato

Marked and Stressed

Morendo

Dying away

Pesante

heavy

Rubato

Taking more time on notes for musical expression

Scherzo

In a playful style

Sostenuto

Sustained

Soto voce

In an undertone- whisper

Staccato

Short and detatched

Tenuto

Sustained, held for full value