Terms of Musical Expression

The links below provide more terms, including Italian, French and German, all needed to pass the theory exams.

Alphabetised by 'Musical Term'

English	Musical Term	Language
but	aber	German
go straight on to the next section of music	attacca	Italian
expression	ausdruck	German
with movement, agitated	bewegt	German
broad, expansive	breit	German
sad, mournful	dolente	Italian
grief (doloroso: sorrowful)	dolore	Italian
twice as fast	doppio movimento	Italian
a, one	ein	German
simple	einfach	German
as soft as possible, lifeless	estinto	Italian
somewhat, rather	etwas	German
cheerful, joyful	fröhlich	German
always	immer	German
getting quicker	incalzando	Italian
sad	lacrimoso	Italian
slow	langsam	German
lively	lebhaft	German
at the normal pitch (used often to cancel an 8va direction)	loco	Italian
long (lunga pausa: long pause)	lunga	Italian
coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style	lusingando	Italian
measure (all misura: in strict time; senza misura: in free time)	misura	Italian
with	mit	German
at a moderate speed	mässig	German
not	nicht	German
without	ohne	German
or, alternatively	ossia	Italian
pleasant	piacevole	Italian
plaintive, in the style of a lament	piangevole	Italian
rather little	pochettino, poch.	Italian
reinforcing	rinforzando, rf, rfz	Italian
peaceful	ruhig	German
fast	schnell	German
go straight on	segue	Italian
very	sehr	German
dying away in tone and speed	smorzando, smorz.	Italian
sweet	süss	German
tenderly, tenderness	teneramente, tenerezza	Italian
swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense as troppo)	tosto	Italian
sad	traurig	German
and	und	German
flying fast	volante	Italian
full	voll	German
little	wenig	German
again	wieder	German
tender, delicate	zart	German
to, too	zu	German