A tempo
return to original tempo
Accelerando
Gradually speed up
Calore
With warmth
Cantabile
In a singing style
Coda
The last part of a piece
Con Brio
With vigour and spirit
Con Moto
With motion
Crescendo
Gradually get louder
Da Capo
Return to the beginning of a piece.
Dal Segno
Return to “The Sign”
Decrescendo
Gradually get softer
Diminuendo
Gradually get softer
Dolce
Sweetly
Fermata
Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
Fine
The end
Giocoso
Humourously, jokingly
Legato
Smoothly
Marcato
Marked; emphasized
Molto
Very much; a lot
Morendo
Dying away
Rallentando
Slow down
Poco
A little
Ritardando
Gradually slower
Ritenuto
Slow more suddenly and extremely than a ritardando
Rubato
Display intense feeling by modifying the time.
Sempre
Always
Sforzando
Forcibly; with a sudden strong accent
Sostenuto
sustained
Staccato
Separated
Tenuto
Held, sustained. Wind Player: use a soft tongue. Singers: “press” articulation