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Specifying Terms

These are adverbs which in conjunction with the nouns above give more precision to musical directions. Most of them are still part of the everyday Italian language.

Italian
English
poco
po’
little,few
Poco allegro, un po’più mosso
un poco a little
un poco adagio
pochissimo very little
pochissimo ritenuto
a poco a poco
poco a poco
little by little. Poco a poco is incorrect
Crescendo a poco a poco
meno less
Meno mosso
più More
Più allegro
con moto with movement
Andante con moto
mosso movement
più mosso, meno mosso
non troppo not too much
Non troppo adagio
ma non troppo but not too much
Allegro ma non troppo
molto
di molto
much
Allegro molto or molto allegro. Allegro di molto is incorrect.
con fuoco with fire
Allegro con fuoco
assai very
Allegro assai
ancora still more/still less
ancora più veloce
sempre always
sempre piano
con with
con grande espressione
senza without
senza ritardare
gran
grande
great
Adagio con grand’ espressione

 

 

 

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