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92 Cards in this Set
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Ad libitum, ad lib.
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At choice, i.e. a passage may be played freely
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Affettuoso
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Tenderly
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Affrettando
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Hurrying
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alla misura
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in strict time
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Allegro assai
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Very quick
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Allegro moderato
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Moderately quick
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Amabile/amiable
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Pleasant
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animando
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Becoming more lively
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appassionato
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Passionately
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Assai
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Very
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brio
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Vigour
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calando
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Dying away
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calmato
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calm, tranquil
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cantando
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Singing
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capriccioso
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in a whimsical, fanciful style
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come prima
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As before
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come sopra
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As above
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Con, Col, colle
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With
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corda, corde
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string, strings
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deciso
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With determination
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delicato
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Delicate
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dolcissimo, dolciss.
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as sweetly as possible
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dolente
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sad, mournful
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dolore
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greif
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duolo
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greif, sorrow
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energico
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Energetic
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espressione
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expression
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felice
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happy
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forza
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Force
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fuoco
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Fire
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furioso
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furious, frenzied
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Giocoso
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Playfully, merry
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giusto
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Proper, exact
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glissando, gliss.
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slide
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lamentoso
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lamenting
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l'istesso tempo
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At the same speed
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lunga
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long (lunga pausa - long pause)
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martellato
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strongly accented (lit-hammered)
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Meno
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Less
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mesto
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Sad
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Molto
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Very, Much
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morendo
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Dying away
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Mosso, Moto
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Movement
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niente
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Nothing
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nobilmente
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Nobly
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Non troppo
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Not too much
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ostinato
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persistent, generally referring to a persistently repeating rhythm or melodic figure
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ottava alta, ott. alta, va alta
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octave higher
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ottava bassa, ott bassa., va bassa
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octave lower
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pedale
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pedal
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per
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by, for, through, to
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perdendosi
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Dying away
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piacevole
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pleasant
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più
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more
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pochiettino, poch.
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rather little
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possibile
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Possible
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precipitando, precipitato, precipitoso
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rushing, headlong
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prima volta
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First time
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quasi
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As, resembling
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repitizione, replica
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repitition
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Ritenuto (Rit, Riten)
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Held back
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ritmico
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Rhythmically
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rubato, tempo rubato
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With some freedom of time
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seconda volta
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Second time
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seconda, secondo
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Second
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sempre
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Always
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senza
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without
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senza misura
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in free time
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senza rigore
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freely lit. without strictness
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senza sordini
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without mutes
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Simile (sim)
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In the same way
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smorzando, smorz.
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dying away in tone and speed
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solenne
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solemn, grave
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sonoro
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Resonant, with a rich sound
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sotto
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Below
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sotto voce
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In an undertone
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subito
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Suddenly
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tanto
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So much
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tempo comodo
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At a comfortable speed
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tempo giusto
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In strict time
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teneramente
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tenderly
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tenerezza
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tenderness
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tranquillo
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Calm
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tre
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three
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tre corde
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three strings; a direction to pianists to release the left pedal
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trionfale
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triumphant
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triste, tristamente
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Sad, sorrowful
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Troppo
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Too much
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veloce
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Swift
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vigoroso
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vigorous, strong
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Vivo
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Lively and quickly
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voce
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Voice
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