Music terms grade 1-5

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• Sforzando Forced, accented
• Andantino Slightly faster than andante
• Prestissimo very fast
• agitato agitated
• animato animated, lively
• con forza with force
• energico energetic
• giocoso playful, merry
• leggiero light
• maestoso majestic
• marcato emphatic, accented
• pesante heavy
• risoluto bold, strong
• scherzando playful, joking
• semplice simple, plain
• sostenuto sustained
• tranquillo calm
• triste, tristamente sad, sorrowful
• ben well
• prima, primo first
• sempre always
• simile in the same wat
• subito suddenly
• comodo/tempo comodo convenient, at a comfortable speed
• con brio with vigour, lively
• larghetto rather slow
• rubato/tempo rubato with some freedom of time
• stringendo gradually getting faster
• affettuoso with passion
• amabile pleasant (like the word amiable)
• appassionato with passion
• deciso with determination
• mesto sad
• misterioso mysterious
• ritmico rhythmically
• alla breve with a minim beat
• assai very
• allegro assai very quick
• come prima as before
• animé animated, lively
• douce sweet
• lent slow
• modéré at a moderate speed
• retenu held back
• vite quick
• a niente to nothing
• morendo dying away
• perdendosi dying away
• rinforzando reinforcing
• smorzando dying away
• sotto voce in an undertone
• largamente broadly
• cantado singing
• con dolore with grief
• con spirito with spirit
• doloroso sorrowful
• sonoro resonant, with rich tone
• ad libitum at choice
• attacca go straight on
• quasi as if, resembling
• langsam slow
• lebhaft lively
• mässig at a moderate speed
• ruhig peaceful
• schnell fast
• traurig sad

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