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• abgestossen = staccato
• a cappella (ah kah PEL lah) Unaccompanied singing
• accarezzevole = caressingly
• accelerando (ah sel ler AHN doh) Becomming faster
• accent (AK sent) emphasis of one tone over another
• accidental (ak sah DEN tal) a sign indicating raising of note
• accompaniment (ah KOM pan ee ment) secondary instrument to principal instrument (or soloist)
• accuse (ak kue say) emphasize
• acoustics (ah KOO stix) science of sound
• adagietto (ah dah ZHEH toh) slightly faster than adagio
• adagio (ah DAH zhee oh) slow
• adagissimo (ah dah GEE see moh) indication to play slowly
• ad libitum (ad leh BY tum) indication to improvise as you wish, ad-lib
• aeolian mode (ay OH lee yon) old scale
• affettuoso (ah fet too OH zoh) with affection or fondness
• affrettando (ah feh TAHN doh) make it faster, speed up
• ahnlich = similar or like (as)
• aigu = acute
• air (ayr) A tune or 18th century melody
• alla (AH lah) in the style of
• alla breve (AH lah bray vah) fast 4 beat bar, appearing to be two beat bar.
• allagando (ah leh GAHN doh) expanding and slowing down
• allargando (ah lar GAHN doh) indication to play slower or louder
• allegretto (ah leh GREH toh) not as fast as 'allegro'
• allegro (ah LEH groh) an indication to play quickly or briskly
• allemande (ah leh MAHN) moderatye speed 18th cent. dance
• allentando (ah lehn TAHN doh) indication to reduce tempo
• allmahlich = gradually
• allonge (ah lon zhay) extend or hold
• alto (AL toh) highest voice of male, lowest of woman
• andachtig = emotionally
• andante (ahn DAHN tay) at moderate speed
• andantino (ahn dahn TEE noh) faster than andante
• angenehm = pleasantly
• angosciosamente = with anguish
• animato (ah nee MAH toh) indication to play brightly
• anime (ah nee may') animated
• anschwellend = make louder
• anthem (ann thum) music for church choir, not liturgy
• antiphon (ANN teh fohn) Two chiors alternate phrases together
• a piacere (ah pee ah CHAIR ay) an ad lib, free rhythm repeat
• apaiser = calmer
• appassionato (ah pah sha NAH toh) indication to play with passion
• appoggiature (ah poj ah TOO rah) introductory note delaying melodic note
• appuye = accent
• arabesque (ar ah BESK) fancy or decorative piece
• arco (AR koh) to play with the bow
• aria (AR ee ah) vocal solo in an opera
• arietta (AR ee EH tah) short and lighter aria
• arioso (AR ee OH soh) in a songlike instrumental style
• arpege = spread out
• arpeggio (ar PEHZH ee oh) chord played with successive notes
• arrache' = plucked eith force
• ascending (ah SEN ding) moving up the scale
• assai (ah SHA ee) Assertive and quickly
• assez (ah SAY) Fairly
• attendrir = more tender
• atonal (ah TOH nal) no key or tonal system
• aubade (Oh BAHD) Morning music
• aufgeregt = excited
• augmentation (AWG men TAY shun) them in double valued notes as opposed to diminution
• ausserst = extreamly
• auxiliary (awx ill ee air ee) Note. grace note a degree above or below a principal note.

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