Italian |
Phonetics |
Description and meaning |
a Piacere |
a peeehchehreh |
at pleasure; i.e., the performer need not follow the rhythm strictly |
agitato |
ahzjeetahtaw |
agitated |
amabile |
ahmahbeeleh |
tender (gentle) |
anima |
ahneemah |
with feeling |
appassionato |
ahpahsseeawnahtaw |
passionately |
assai |
ahssahee |
very |
ben |
behn |
well; in ben marcato ("well marked") |
bravissimo |
brahveeseemaw |
very well done! excellent!; superlative of bravo] |
bravo |
brahvaw |
To express approval |
calmato |
kahlmahtaw |
Calmed |
capo |
cahpaw |
head; i.e. the beginning (of a movement, normally). 2. a key- |
colaparte |
cawlahpahrteh |
with the soloist |
Coloratura |
kawlawrahtoorah |
voice the ability to sing florid passages, especially trills and runs |
Con |
kawn |
with ie con espressione - |
contento |
cawntehntaw |
happy; "sono contento"; express happiness |
decrescendo |
dehkrehssehndaw |
With gradually diminishing force or loudness |
dell' |
dehl |
of the, from the - |
diminuendo |
deemeenyooehndaw |
dwindling; i.e., with gradually decreasing volume (same as decrescendo) |
dolce |
dawlcheh |
sweet |
dolore |
dawlawreh |
pain, distress, sorow, grief |
espresione |
ehspresseeawneh |
expressively |
felicita |
fehleecheetah |
happiness |
Fermanta |
fehrmahntah |
the pause sign |
fine |
feeneh |
the end, often in phrases like al fine (to the end) |
forte |
fawrteh |
loud |
fortissimo |
fawteeseemaw |
very loud |
fuoco |
fooawkaw |
fire, passion |
furia |
fooreeah |
fury |
furioso |
fooreeawsaw |
in a frantically rushing manner |
grazia |
grahtzeeah |
with grace |
impeto |
eempehtaw |
force, impetus |
in |
een |
in the |
l'acompagnamento |
lahcawmpahnyahmehntaw |
the accompanying (ment) |
lamentoso |
lahmehntawsaw |
mournfully |
Largetto |
lahrgehtaw |
somewhat slowly; not as slow as largo |
leggiero |
lehzjeeehraw |
leggiermente or leggiadro: lightly, delicately (The different forms of this word, including leggierezza, "lightness", |
Lento |
lehntaw |
slowly |
marcarto |
mahrkahrtaw |
marked |
mezza - |
mehtzah (aw) |
half (mezza voce - |
morendo |
mawrehndaw |
dying |
mosso |
mawsaw |
moved, moving; used with a preceding piu or meno (see in this list), for faster (more moving) or slower (less moving) respectively |
opera |
awpehrah |
A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance - |
Pianino |
peeahneenaw |
small piano |
pianissimo |
peeahneeseemaw |
very soft |
piano |
peeahnaw |
soft |
piu |
peeoo |
more; see mosso |
pizzicato |
peetseekahtaw |
pinched, plucked; i.e., in music for bowed strings, plucked with the fingers |
poco |
pawkaw |
little; - |
Polacca |
pawlahkah |
polonaise (Polish: polonez) It is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish." |
precipitato |
prehseepeetahtaw |
precipitately - |
qua |
kwah |
here |
Rabbia |
rahbeeah |
anger, rage, fury, wrath; like rabies |
Recitativo |
rehcheetahteevaw |
declaimed in the rhythm of natural speech |
Rinforzando |
reenfawrzahndaw |
a less common term for sforzando |
ritardando |
reetahrdahndaw |
ritard., rit.: slowing down; decelerating; opposite of accelerando |
ritenuto |
reetehnootaw |
suddenly slower, held back (usually more so but more temporarily than a ritardando |
scandalo |
scahndahlawsaw |
scandal |
scandaloso |
scahndahlawsaw |
outragiously |
sempre |
sehmpreh |
always |
smorzando |
smawtzahndaw |
Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo. |
soave |
sawahveh |
gentle (sweet) |
sono |
sawnaw |
be heard |
sospirando |
sawspeerahndaw |
sighing |
sostenuto |
sawstehnootaw |
sustained, lengthened |
staccato |
stahkahtaw |
making each note brief and detached; the opposite of legato |
subito |
soobeetaw |
quickly |
tempo |
tehmpaw |
time; i.e., the overall speed of a piece of music |
un |
oon |
a |
venite |
vehneeteh |
come ye |
vibrato |
veebrahtaw |
vibrating; i.e., a more or less rapidly repeated slight alteration in the pitch of a note |
voce |
vawcheh |
voice |
volti |
vawltee |
Turn, that is, turn over the leaf. (volti subito - |
volubilita |
vawlawbeeleetah |
faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, |