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cadenza
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a solo section, usually in a concerto or similar work, that is used to display the performer's technique, sometimes at considerable length
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con
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with; used in many musical directions, such as con amore (with tenderness)
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crescendo
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growing; i.e., progressively louder (opposite of decrescendo)
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da capo
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literally meaning from the head; from the beginning
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divisi
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divided; i.e., in a part in which several musicians normally play exactly the same notes they are instead to split the playing of the written simultaneous notes among themselves.
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dur (Gr)
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major
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giocoso
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gaily
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grazioso
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gracefully
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in modo di
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in the art of; in the style of
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langsam (Gr)
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slowly
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largo
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broadly
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lo stesso, l'istesso
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the same
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ma non troppo
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but not too muh
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massig (Gr)
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moderately
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moderato
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moderate; often combined with other terms, ussually relating to tempo
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molto
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very
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morendo
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dying; i.e., dying away in dynamic
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mosso
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moved, moving
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moto
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motion
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ritardando
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slowing down
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ritenuto
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held back
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schnell (Gr)
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fast
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sostenuto
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sustained, lengthened
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stringendo
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tightening, narrowing
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