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Cedez |
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Yield, hold the tempo back |
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Leger |
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Light, Lightly |
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Lentement |
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Slowly |
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Modere |
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At a moderate tempo |
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Mouvement |
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Tempo; Motion |
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Vite |
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Fast |
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Bewegt |
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Agitated, Excited |
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Langsam |
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Slow; Slowly |
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Massig |
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Moderate; Moderately |
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Mit Ausdruck |
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With Expression |
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Sehr |
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Very |
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Schnell |
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Fast |
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Ad Libitum, Ad Lib. |
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At the liberty of the performer |
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Agitato |
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Agitated |
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Allargando |
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Broadening, Becoming Slower |
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Arco |
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For a Stringed instruments: Resume Bowing after pizzicato passage |
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Attaca |
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Proceed without break |
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Calando |
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Becoming slower and softer |
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Comodo |
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At a comfortable, easy tempo |
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Con Fuoco |
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With fire |
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Con Grazia |
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With Grace |
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Con Sordino |
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With mute |
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Dolente |
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Sad |
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Giocoso |
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Humorous, jocose |
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Grandioso |
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Grand, Grandiose |
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Largamente |
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Broadly |
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Martellato |
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Strongly accented, hammered |
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Mesto |
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Sad, Mournful |
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Morendo |
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Dying, Fading away |
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Pesante |
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Weighty, with emphasis |
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Pizzicato |
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For stringed instruments: pluck the string instead of bowing |
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Primo, prima |
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First, the upper part of a duet |
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Quindicesima alta (15ma) |
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Two Octaves Higher |
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Risoluto |
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Resolute |
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Ritenuto, riten |
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Suddenly Slower, held back |
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Scherzando |
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Playful |
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Secondo, seconda |
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Second; second or lower part of a duet |
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Simplice |
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Simple |
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Sforzando (sF, sFz) |
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A sudden strong accent of a single note or chord |
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Simile |
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Continue in the same manner as has just been indicated |
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Sonore |
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Sonorous |
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Sopra |
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Above |
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Sostenuto |
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Sustained |
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Sotto Voice |
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Soft, subdued, under the breath |
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Stringendo |
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Pressing, becoming faster |
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Subito |
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Suddenly |
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Tacet |
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Be Silent |
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Tutti |
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A passage for the ensemble |
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Vivo |
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Lively |
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Volta |
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Time (i.e. prima volta is first time, seconda volta is second time) |
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Volti Subito, v.s. |
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Turn the Page Quickly |
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L'istesso Tempo |
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The Same Tempo |
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Cluster |
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A chord consisting of at least three adjacent notes of a scale |
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Polychord |
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A Combination of two or more different chords |
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Quartal Chord |
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A Chord built on a series of 4ths |
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Seventh (7th) Chord |
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A chord consisting of a Root, a 3rd, a 5th, and a 7th. |
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Triad |
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A Chord consisting of a Root, a 3rd, and a 5th |
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