n. 25B6; noun . See lists here and at opera , tonic sol-fa .
Types of Music
See also jazz . marabi
acid house mariachi
acid rock mbaqanga
ambient mento
AOR merengue
baggy minimalist music
ballet music motet
barbershop Motown
baroque multiculti
bel canto musique concrète
benga New Age
bhangra New Romantic
bluegrass new wave
blues norteño
boogie-woogie oi
calypso old-time
chamber music opera
chant opera buffa
choral music opera seria
church music orbital
classical music orchestral music
comic opera Palm Court
contrapuntal music parang
country pibroch
country and western pogo
country rock pop
cowpunk popular music
crossover progressive
cumbia psychedelic
dance floor psychobilly
dancehall punk
death metal qawwali
dhrupad queercore
disco ragamuffin
dodecaphonic music ragga
doo-wop ragtime
drum and bass rai
dub rap
easy listening rave
electro reggae
flamenco rhythm and blues (R & B)
folk rock
free jazz rockabilly
funk rock and roll
funkadelic rocksteady
fusion sakkie-sakkie
gagaku salsa
galant serialism
gangsta (rap) sijo
garage ska
glam rock skiffle
go-go soca
gospel soukous
Goth soul
grand opera spiritual music
grunge surf
gumbo swing
harmolodics symphonic music
heavy metal taarab
high life talking blues
hip hop tasso
honky-tonk techno
house technofunk
indie Tejano
industrial Tex-Mex
jazz thrash (metal)
jit trance
jive trip hop
juju twelve-note/twelve-tone music
jump blues vocalese
jungle western swing
klezmer world music
kwela zouk
light opera zydeco
liturgical music
Musical Directions
term translation
a battuta return to strict time
a cappella unaccompanied
accel(erando) accelerating
adagietto fairly slowly
adagio slowly
ad lib(itum) at will
affettuoso tenderly
agitato agitated
al fine to the end
allargando broadening
allegretto fairly lively
allegro lively
al segno as far as the sign
amoroso tenderly
andante moderately slow
andantino slightly faster than andante
animato spirited
arco with the bow
arioso in a sustained singing style
assai very
a tempo in the original tempo
attacca continue without a pause
bis repeat
calando becoming quieter and slower
cantabile in a smooth singing style
capriccioso freely
coda final part of a movement
col legno with the stick of the bow
con amore tenderly
con brio with vigour
con fuoco fiery
con moto with movement
con sordino with a mute
cresc(endo) becoming louder
da capo or DC from the beginning
dal segno or DS from the sign
decresc(endo) becoming quieter
dim(inuendo) becoming quieter
dolce sweetly and softly
dolente sorrowfully
doppio double
espressivo with expression of feeling
fine end (not at the end of the score)
f(orte) loudly
forte piano loudly and then immediately softly
fortissimo or ff very loudly
furioso furiously and wildly
giocoso playfully
glissando sliding
in modo di in the manner of
larghetto fairly slowly
largo very slowly
legato tied/smoothly
leggiero lightly
lento slowly
maestoso majestically
marcato accented
marcia march
meno less
meno mosso less quickly
mezza voce at half vocal strength
mezzo half
mezzo forte or mf fairly loudly
mezzo piano or mp fairly softly
moderato at a moderate pace
molto very
morendo dying away
mosso fast and with animation
moto motion
niente gradually fading to nothing
nobilmente nobly
non troppo not too much
obbligato not to be omitted
parlando in the manner of speech
ped. pedal
pesante heavily
pianissimo or pp very soft
p(iano) soft
più more
pizz(icato) plucked
poco a little
portamento carrying one note into the next
prestissimo as fast as possible
presto very fast
rall(entando) slowing down
ravvivando quickening
rinforzando or rfz accentuated
rit(ardando) slowing down
ritenuto suddenly more slowly
scherzando playfully
segno sign
semplice simply
sempre always/throughout
senza without
sf(orzando) or sfz strongly accented
smorzando dying away
sordino with a mute
sost(enuto) sustained
sotto voce in an undertone
spiccato bouncing the bow on the strings
stacc(ato) detached
stretto in quicker time
stringendo faster and more intensely
subito immediately
tacet voice/instrument remains silent
tanto too much
tempo speed/beat
ten(uto) held
tranquillo tranquilly
tremolando trembling
troppo too much
tutti all players/singers
una corda using the soft pedal (on a piano)
vivace lively
zoppa syncopated