 Accelerando -increase speed  Adagio -slowly  Allegretto -moderately fast  Allegro- lively  A Tempo- original tempo  Largo- broad, slow  Lento- moderately slow  Moderato- moderately fast  Piu Mosso- quicker  Poco Piu Mosso- a little faster  Presto- very quick  Rallentando- gradually slower  Tempo- rate of speed  Tempo Primo- original tempo  Vivace- spirited, fast

 Animato- with animation  Dolce- sweetly  Grandioso- majestic  Pomopso- pompous, grand  Sostenuto- sustained  Spirito- spirited

 Coda- extra ending  Da Capo (D.C.)- from beginning  Dal Segono (D.S.)- from sign

 Crescendo- get louder  Decrescendo- get softer  Diminuendo- softer  Fortissimo (ff)- very loud  Forte (f)- loud  Pianissimo (pp)- very soft  Piano (p)- soft

 Forzando- strongly accented  Legato- smoothly  Staccato- short  Tenuto- long, full value

 Divisi- separate parts (divide)  Mezzo- half  Obbligato- counter melody  Opus- work  Poco- a little  Solo- one performer  Soli- one performer per part  Tacet- silent  Trio- thee performers  Triplet- group of three notes  Tutti- all instruments  Vibrato- wavering tone-effect