Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Italian Terms

    Uploaded by

    Jason Vigo
    7 views5 pages

    Original Title

    Italian terms

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    7 views5 pages

    Italian Terms

    Uploaded by

    Jason Vigo

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 5
    Musical terms and directions for performance Source: James Murray Brown, A Handbook of Musical Knowledge, Revised Edition (Trinity College London, 1987) Grade 2, Words showing strength of tone: Grade 3 Pianissimo (pp) Very soft and Mezzo pian tmp) Moderately soft Pano p) Soft Grade 4 Iza) Mum tone Mezzo forte np) Moderately loud Fore (f) loud Foissino ff) very lou Crescendo or ———— Gray becoming louder Pie} or ———— Gradually bscoming softer Storzando of Horando ‘o } Accented Rinorzando if) strengthening the tone Words showing speed: Grave fremely sow solemn Lento Stow Leg Broad Lergheto Rater broad Adagio Slow sre “andente Going at an easy pace “andro Ata moderate pice but not 0 slow as Andante Moderato Moderate speed Alegreto Rather fast Alesro Fast Vivace Livy Presto Very quick Prestssino Very quickindeed as fatas possible The following other words relating to speed are also often met Accelerando (accel) Getting gradual faster Ratlentando (aly Geting gradual slower Calan Sefter and slower, Rcd start Retarding the speed Rent ten) Held back Atempo Intime Adibtum ad or A piacere tthe performer pleasure Meno mosso Slower at once Parmosso ticker atonce Thesigns> and A above nots are called Accents and are used to mark strongly acented notes. Grade3 ‘Terms relating to tone: and Mancando Fang or waning tone Smoreando Dying av Grade 4 Morendo ving away Pastore More loudly Pit piano More sty Meno fore Lessloudly Meno piano Lesssotiy Perdendosi Losing itself by getting softer and slower ‘Terms relating to speed: Largamente Broadly massively Adaoieno Rather elsrey Tempe ordinario Ordinary speed Tempo commodo Convenient ie. comtortable speed Vivacissimo: Extremely lively Tosto Quick; rapid Cele vic rimble Grade 4 vse ‘ins oe, "Reina Tempo Primo Pia lento Swifly Pressing onwards, hurrying the speed In strict, or exact time In double time, je. twice as fast as the preceding movement In the same time asthe preceding movement. This term is sed when the time signature is changed, but the beats are stil to be of the same length as before At the same speed as at fist More siowly Italian words indicating expression, etc: Agitato Animato Appassionato Cantabile; Cantando Capriccioso Conanima Con brio Conespressione Con energia on tuoco Con grazia Con moto Conspirito Con tenerezz0 Deciso Delicato Dolee Energico Expressive Forza Furioso Giusto Grandioso Grazioso Legato Legaiero ‘Maestoso Marcato Martelato Mesto ‘Mosso Pesante Piacevole Pomposo Risoluto Rubato ‘Scherzando, Scherzoso ‘Semplice Serioso Sonore Sostenuto Sotto voce Tempo rubato Teneramente;Con tenerezza Tranquil Vivo; Con vivacita In anagitated manner Animated Impassioned Inasinging style Fanciful capricious With soutie.life With vivacity.briliance With expression With energy oF force Wit fre With grace With metion,ie.rather fast With spire With tendomess Decided. ithfermness Delicately refined sweetly, gently In an energetic manner Expressively Force or emphasis Impetuously with fury Right exact strict Grandly Gracefully-daintly Smoothly and connectedly Lightly Majestic Marked With great force;hammered Ina pensive sad manner Moved ie fast Heavily:in a ponderous manner Ina pleasing manner Pompously Ina resolute manner Robbed (exible in time); see tempo rubato Ina spright playful manner simely Seriously Senorous Sustained In a subdued manner:in an undertone Aobloed time: the sight alterations by acceleration or retardation hich a performer makes forthe purpose of expression Tendarly Tranquil With vivaity Grade 4 ions, etc., used before other words: continued A [Rt for with to; by:in ALA Alla Inthe style of;to the Assai Very fairly Bene or Ben Well Con with Da From Dal From the; Dal segno, from the sign. bi Of the Morla The Ma But ‘Meno Less ‘Mezzo Halt ‘Molto or Dimotto ‘Much; very much Non Not oO Either: or Pits More Pochettino Very tle Poco or Un poco Alittle Quasi Almost; ast were; as if Sempre Always Senza Without ‘Sul Sul; Sulla Onthe Tanto AAs much Troppo ‘Too; too much Un or Una Avansone ‘The above words ate often found in conjunction with the other words already listed Examples of these compound terms are: Allegro animato Quick; animated Allegro commodo A convenient Allegro—comfortably fast Allegro con anima Quick, with ife (sprit) Allegro con fuoco Quick, with fre Allegro moderato Moderately auick ‘Allegro molto Very quick Allegro non tanto Not so quick Allegro non troppo Not too quick Allegro vivace Lively ancl brisk Poco a poco cree Getting louder litle by little ‘Andante con moto Arif faster than Andante alone Andante quasi Allegretto Faster than Andante, almost as if Alegretto Ben marcato Well marked ‘Meno allegro Less quick Sempre pit crescendo Continually increasing in tone Presto assai Very quick Italian words conveying general directions to the perform ‘Bis talian and Latin) Twice. Short passages, such asa single bar or two bars which are to be played or sung twice, have the Latin word Bis i. twice) written over or under a sur: Bis Qe pete = 5 Come Like; as how Come prima Asat first Come sopra Asabove DaCapo From the beginning. When the term Da Capo or D.C. occurs at any part ofa piece, it signifies that the music isto be repeated from the beginning. Grade 4 continued Da Capo affine a Capo al Seano Da Capo senza repetzione Dal Segno Fine Pedal or ped. English) Pocoapoco Repeat marks Aland LH. Segno Simile Tenuto (Ten) Vota Volt Subito v5.) From the beginning to the word Fine From the beginning to the sign S From the beginning, without repetition From the sign ‘The end. A pause when placed over a double bar in the middle ‘of apiece means that the piece i to end there after a Da Capo. The word Fine’s frequently used for this purpose instead of the pause: a In organ music this word is used to indicate the notes to be played by the organist’s feet. In piano music it indicates that the right pedal isto be pressed down with the foot, and kept in ‘that position until the * (or a change of harmony) occurs, when the pedal should be raised, The words Senza sordin are generally understood in piano music to mean without dampers (.e. witha free use of the right pedal) and Con sordini ‘to mean with dampers (ie. without the right pedal). In modern music the words Una Corda indicate the use of the left pedal: land the words Tre Corde show where it should be raised, The Student must not confuse the two words mutes and dampers. mute is any contrivance for merely decreasing the average intensity of a sound; a damper isa piece of mechanism which stops the vibration ofthe sound-producing apparatus, and so ‘causes actual silence, Little by file Dots when written before a double bar indicate that the music is to be repeated from the previous double bar or from the beginning of the piece: Dots when placed after a double bar indicate that the music to the following double bar isto be repeated: SIE Repeat marks ae only used for long passages intended for repetition. For short passages of a bar or so, the word Bs is used. These letters indicate the use ofthe Right Hand or Left Hand in piano music: ‘Mano Desira (It) ‘Mano Sinistra th.) Main Droite Fr.) ‘Maine Gauche (Fr) Asign.Al Segno means to the sign,DalSegno from the sign: Inthe same manner Held or sustained Turn: time. The signs Ima volta (1st time) and 2d vorta (2nd time! or simply the figures 1 and 2, are often used in ‘conjunction with repeats the bar or bars marked 1 are then to bbe omitted atthe repetition and the bar or bars marked 2 played instead: i 1 ‘Tur over quickly to the next page Supplementary list of Italian Terms This list is for reference only and knowledge of these terms is not explicitly required for Grade Examinations in the Theory of Music. AMfetto AMfettuoso Alla Capella Amabile Amoroso Ancora Ardito Arioso Attacca Barcarola Burlesco Cadenza Cantilena ©oL.Colla Colaxco Colta pate; colla voce Come prima Con amore Con delcatezea Con dotore;con duolo Con sori Dibrovura Dichiaro Dimuovo Divisi Dolente;doloroso Dopo Epoi Feroce Giocoso Giojoso Gustoso Impetuoso Lagrimoso anguido Leggieramente With affection With tender feeing In the style of unaccompanied church music Amiably Lovingly Again With spirit and boldness Ashort melody Goonimmediately ‘boat song Comic; funny Aflri, omamental passage, ‘generally intended as a means ‘of technical display Asongiike melody With the Wit the bow (singed instruments) The accompanist to keep closely with the solo part.or voice Asat fist Lovinaly With deticacyin refined With viet With mutes in od piano music ‘his meant'to release the right peda modern piano musicyt sometimes means to use the left pedat.n ones mS mutes are sometimes used 10

    You might also like