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Accelerando-increase
speed
Adagio-slowly
Allegretto-moderately
fast
Allegro-lively
A Tempo- original tempo
Largo- broad, slow
Lento- moderately slow
Moderato- moderately
fast
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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
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Animato- with animation
Dolce- sweetly
Grandioso- majestic
Pomopso- pompous, grand
Sostenuto- sustained
Spirito- spirited
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Coda-extra ending
Da Capo (D.C.)- from beginning
Dal Segono (D.S.)- from sign
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Crescendo- get louder
Decrescendo- get softer
Diminuendo- softer
Fortissimo (ff)- very loud
Forte (f)- loud
Pianissimo (pp)- very soft
Piano (p)- soft
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Forzando- strongly accented
Legato- smoothly
Staccato- short
Tenuto- long, full value
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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