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to, at, in
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acclerando (accel.)
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growing faster
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accent
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emphasis placed on a note or chord
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adagio
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slowly
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a deux (a 2)
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to be played by both instruments
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ad libitum (ad lib.)
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freely; not in strict time
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affettuoso
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with feeling and emotion
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agitato
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agitated, restless, hurried
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al fine
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to the end
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alla
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in the style of
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alla breve
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cut time; two beats to the measure; one beat to each half note
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allargando (allarg.)
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growing slower and louder
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allegretto
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a bright tempo; faster than moderato but slower than allegro
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allegro
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fast
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amoroso
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affectionately
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andante
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a moderately slow but flowing tempo
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andantino
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a little faster than andante
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animato
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animated; with spirit
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a piacere
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at pleasure; equivalent of ad libitum
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appassionato
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with passion and emotion
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arpeggio
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notes of a chord played consecutively; a broken chord
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assai
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very
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a tempo
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in the original tempo
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attacca
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begin the next portion of the music without pausing
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bassa
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low. 8va bassa means play the notes an octave lover than written
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ben
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well
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bis
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twice; repeat the passage
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bravura
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boldness
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brillante
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brilliant
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brio
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vigor, spirit
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cadenza
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an elaborate solo passage, frequently unaccompanied, used as an embellishment
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calando
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gradually softer and slower
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capriccioso
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in a fanciful and capricious style
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chromatic
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proceeding by semitones (half steps)
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coda
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a closing passage
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con
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with
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col
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with
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con anima
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with animation and boldness
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con brio
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with vigor and brilliancy
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con expressione
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with expression
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con fuoco
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with fire and passion
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con moto
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with motion
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con spirito
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with spirit and energy
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da
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from
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dal
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from
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da capo (D.C.)
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from the beginning
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D.C. al fine
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from the beginning tot he word Fine (the finish or end)
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dal segno (D.S.)
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from the sign
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D.S. al fine
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from the sign to the word Fine
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decrescendo (decresc.)
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decreasing the volume of the tone
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diminuendo (dim.)
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gradually softer
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divisi (div.)
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divided; each part to be played by a separate instrument
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dolce
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sweetly
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dolcissimo
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very sweetly
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dolore
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sorrow, sadness
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doloroso
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sadly
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dynamics
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expression produced by the different degrees of volume of the tone
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E
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and
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elegante
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elegant, graceful
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energico
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energetic, vigorous
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enharmonic
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alike in pitch but different in notation
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espressivo
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expressively
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fermata
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a pause or hold
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finale
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the concluding movement
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fine
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the end
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forte (f)
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loud
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fote-piano (fp)
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accent strongly, diminishing immediately to piano
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fortissimo (ff)
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very loud
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forza
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force, power, strength
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forzando (fz)
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the note or chord strongly accented
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fuoco
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fire, energy
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furioso
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furious
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giocoso
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humorous
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giojoso
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joyous
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giusto
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exact; in strict time
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glissando
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slurred smoothly in a gliding manner
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grace notes
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small notes added for an ornamental or embellishing effect
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grandioso
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in a grand manner
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grave
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solemnly and very slowly
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grazioso
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gracefully
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gruppetto
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a group of grace notes; a turn
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il
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the
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impetuoso
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impetuous
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key note
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the tonic or first note in a scale
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lamentoso
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lamenting, sad
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largamente
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in a full, broad style
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larghetto
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slowly, but not as slowly as largo
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largo
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a slow broad tempo
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ledger lines
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short lines added above or below the staff for notes too high or too low to appear on or within the staff
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legato
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in a smooth, connected manner, indicated by the slur
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leggiero
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lightly
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lento
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slow
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loco
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as written; generally used after a passage marked 8va
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ma
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but
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ma non troppo
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but not too much so
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maestoso
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majestic, dignified
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maggiore
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the major key
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marcato
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in a marked and emphatic style
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marcia
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march
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marziale
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in a martial style
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meno
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less
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mezzo
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half
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mezzo forte (mf)
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moderately loud
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minore
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the minor key
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misterioso
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mysteriously
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moderato
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moderately
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molto
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much, very
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mordent
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an embellishment of two or more notes that make up a very short trill
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morendo
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dying away; softer and softer
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moto
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motion
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non
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not
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non tanto
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not to much
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notation
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the art of representing music by written or printed characters
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opus
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a work or composition
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passionato
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passionate
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patetico
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pathetic
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pause
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a pause, also called hold or fermata
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pianissimo (pp)
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very softly
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piu
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more, as piu forte, piu lento, etc
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piu mosso
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more movement; faster
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poco
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a little
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poco a poco
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little by little
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pomposo
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pompous, grand
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prestissimo
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as fast as possible
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primo (1mo)
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the first, as Tempo Primo
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quasi
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like; in the style of
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rallentando (rall.)
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gradually slower
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risoluto
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in a resolute and bold manner
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ritardando (rit.)
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retarding; gradually slowing the tempo
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retenuto (riten.)
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in a slower tempo; held back
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scherzando
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playfully
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segue
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follows on; continue
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semplice
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in a simple, unaffected manner
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sempre
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always, continually
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senza
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without
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sforzando (sfz.)
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with sudden force or emphasis
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simile
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similarly; in like manner
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smorzando (smorz.)
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extinguished; suddenly dying away
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solo
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a composition or passage for a single voice or instrument
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sordino
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a mute, such as used for a violin, a trumpet
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sostenuto
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sustained
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sotto voce
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in a quiet, subdued tone
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spirito
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sprit, energy
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staccato
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detatched, cut short
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subito
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immediately, suddenly
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syncopation
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a type of time structure in which an accented note occurs on an ordinarily weak beat and is prolonged through and ordinarily strong beat
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tacet
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be silent; do not play
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tempo
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rate of speed
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tenuto (ten.)
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held for the full time value
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trill
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a rapid alternation between the printed note and the next note above it
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troppo
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too much
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tutti
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all together
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un
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a, one, an
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vivace
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lively, briskly
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vivo
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animated, quick
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volti subito (v.s.)
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turn the page immediately
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appoggiatura
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a grace note which takes the accent and part of the time value of the following principal note; often called long grace note
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cantabile
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in a singing style
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crescendo (cresc.)
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increasing the volume or loudness of the tone
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l'istesso tempo
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at the same tempo as the previous passage or movement
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mezzo piano (mp)
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moderately soft
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mosso
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movement
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obbligato
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a counter-melody which complements the main theme and which constitutes an indispensable part of the composition
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octave
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an interval of eight diatonic sounds; notes an octave apart have the same letter name, but one of them is higher than the other
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ossia
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otherwise; or else; indicating another way of playing a passage
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perdendosi
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gradually softer and slower; dying away
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piano (p)
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softly
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presto
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very fast; faster than allegro
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recitativo (recit.)
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a style of performance intended to sound like a dramatic recitation in natural speech.
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replica
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repetition
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rinforzando (rfz.)
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reinforced; played with added strength and emphasis
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rubato
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robbing or taking from the notes their strict time value by alternately hurrying and retarding for the purpose of expression
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stringendo (string.)
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pressing; accelerating the tempo
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tranquillo
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queitly, calmly
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tremolo
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repetition of a note or chord with great rapidity producing a tremulous sound
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triplet
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a group of three notes played in the same time usually given to two notes of the same value.
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turn
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an embellishment consisting of four rapidly played notes that wind around the printed note
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meno mosso
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less motion; slower
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