Conducting Terms

A piacere

["at pleasure"] at performer's discretion

Allegro non troppo

Fast, but not too fast

Arco

Play with the bow

Assai

Extremely, much

attacca

["attach"] proceed without stopping

a due

two people playing

aubade

informal composition for dawn or morning music [compare serenade]

Bacchette di spugna

soft sticks

A due

For two parts

Attacca

Continue without a pause

Aubade

Informal composition for dawn or morning music

Bacchette di spugna

Soft sticks

Becken

Cymbals

Bewegt

With movement

Bogen

Bow, bowed, with the bow

Bratsche

Viola or tenor violin

Calando

Fading away

Campana

Bell

Campanelli

Little bells

Col legno

The effect produced by striking the string with the stick/bow

Corno

Horn

Divisi

Divided

Doppio movimento

Twice as fast

Fagotto

Bassoon

Flatterzunge

Flutter tongued

Geige

Violin

Gran cassa

Bass drum (Italian)

Große trommel

Bass drum (German)

Immer

Always, still, throughout

Langsam

Slowly

Lebhaft

Lively

L'istesso

The same

Meno

Less

messe

Choral setting of the Roman Catholic consecration of the elements

Nicht schleppend

In a manner that does not drag

Ohne dämpfer

German term for without mute

Ossia

Alternate version/passage

Ottavino

Piccolo

Pauken

German term for timpani

Pesante

Heavy

Plus animé

Lively and animated manner

Pizzicato

Plucked, without the bow

Posaune

Trombone

Pressez

["Squeezing"] hastening, tightening

Restez

A directive to the performer of a stringed instrument to perform the indicated passage of a composition remaining on the same note, on the same string or in the same finger position.

Rinforzando

Reinforcing, emphasized

Schleppend

Dragging

Secco

Drily [without resonance]

Senza sordino

Without mute

Streiche

Strings

stringendo

Gradually getting faster

Sol G

5th note of fixed do solfége

Sul ponticello

With the bow kept near the bridge

Tromba

Trumpet