| A | B |
|---|
| accelerando | gradually faster |
| Adagietto | slow, but not as slow as adagio |
| Adagio | very slow |
| agitato | agitated |
| al fine | to the finish |
| alla | in the style of |
| allargando | gradually slower and broader |
| Allegretto | light and moderatly quik, not as fast as allegro |
| Allegro | rapid; lively |
| Andante | moderatly slow, but moving |
| andantino | a little bit faster than andante |
| animato | spirited |
| appassionato | intensly:passionantely;with deep feeling |
| arioso | in vocal style |
| assai | very |
| a tempo | in time: generally implies a return to original rate of speed |
| ben | well |
| brillante | brilliantly |
| calando | gradually slower and softer |
| Cantabile | in singing style |
| Chromatic | by semi-tones |
| coda | the final added measurses of a musical composition |
| con amore | with tenderness |
| con anima | with animation |
| con brio | with spirit |
| con fuoco | with energy |
| con grazia | with grace |
| con spirito | with spirit |
| crescendo | gradually louder |
| Da Capo | from the beginning |
| Dal sengo | from the sign |
| diminuendo | gradually softer |
| docle | sweetly |
| energico | energetically |
| etude | a study |
| fermata | hold or pause |
| forte | loud |
| Fortissimo | very loud |
| forza | force |
| forzando | forcefully accented |
| Furioso | furiously |
| giocoso | joyfully |
| grandioso | grand or noble style |
| Grave | very slow and sloemn |
| Grazioso | gracefully |
| Larghetto | slow, but not as slow as largo |
| Larghissimo | very slow; slower than largo |
| Largo | very slow |
| legato | smooth and connected |
| leggiero | lightly |
| Lento | very slow |
| L'istesso | the same |
| Maestoso | majestically |
| Marcato | marked; with emphasis |
| marcia | march style |
| Marziale | martial |
| meno | less |
| mezzo | medium; half |
| Moderato | moderatly |
| Molto | very |
| morendo | dying away |
| mosso | motion; movement |
| moto | motion; movement |
| non troppo | not too much |
| opus | a musical work or composition |
| ottava | an octave |
| pesante | heavily; with emphasis |
| pianissimo | very softly |
| piano | softly |
| piu | more |
| poco | little |
| poco a poco | little by little |
| Prestissimo | very fast; faster than presto |
| Presto | very fast |
| Primo | first |
| rallentando | gradually slower |
| religioso | in solemn style |
| ritardando | gradually slower |
| ritenuto | gradually slower |
| rubato | lengthening of certain beats at expense of others |
| Scherzo | playfully; usually rapid in tempo |
| Scherzando | in light, playful style |
| segno | the sign |
| sempre | always; continual |
| senza | without |
| sforzando | forced; with emphasis |
| soli | a goup of solo performers |
| Solo | a composition or passage for one performer |
| simile | the same |
| smorzando | dying away |
| sordino | mute |
| sostenuto | sustained |
| staccato | separated; detached |
| stringendo | gradually faster |
| subito | suddenly |
| tacet | silent |
| tempo | time, speed |
| Tempo di valse | waltz time |
| tenuto | sustain full value |
| un poco | gradually |
| valse | waltz |
| Veloce | very fast |
| Vivace | vivacious; lively |
| vivo | lively; brisk |
