adagietto
rather slow (but faster than adagio)
ad libitum, ad lib
at choice, meaning that a passage may be played freely
agiatto
agitated
alla breve
with a half note beat, equivalent to common time, implying a faster tempo than the note values might other suggest.
am...
4. à deux, à 2, a due, for 2 performers/instruments to play in unison
(Fr/Fr/It/It)
a2
5. alla breve with a minim beat, equivalent to 2/2 (It)
6. alt high (used in vocal music to refer to notes in
the octave above the treble stave)
7. au tallone/ au use the bow (of a string instrument) at the heel
talon (Fr)
8. an der Spitze use the bow (of a string instrument) at the point
(G)
9. am Frosch use the bow (of a string instrument) at the heel (G)
10. a punto d'arco use the bow (of a string instrument) at the point
(It)
11. à la pointe use the bow (of a string instrument) at the point
(Fr)
12. ad libitum, ad lib. at choice, freely (L)
13. adagietto rather slow but faster than adagio (It)
14. adagio slow (It)
15. affettuoso tenderly (It)
16. affrettando hurrying (It)
17. agitato agitated (It)
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Terms
18. al, alla to the, in the manner of (It)
19. allargando broadening/getting slower and louder (It)
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, ABRSM Grade 8 Theory
Terms
20 allegretto fairly fast/slower than allegro (It)
.
21 allegro fast (It)
.
22 Als than (G)
.
23 amabile amiable, pleasant (It)
.
24 amore love (It)
.
25 bestimmt with decision, definite (G)
.
26 bis twice (It)
.
27 bravura skill, brilliance (It)
.
28 col, coll', with, with the (It)
. colla, colle
29 colla parte keep with the soloist, a direction to an
. accompanist (It)
30 colla voce keep with the singer, a direction to an
. accompanist (It)
31 apaisé calmed (Fr)
.
32 a piacere at pleasure, meaning that the performer is not
. bound to follow the given rhythm exactly (It)
33 Dämpfer mute (G)
.
34 doch however, yet (G)
.
35 duolo dolore (It)
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