Tempo
Style
Dynamics
Expression
Performance Directions
100

Moderate walking pace

What is andante?

100

Majestic

What is maestoso?

100

medium loud

What is mezzo forte?

100

Songlike

What is cantabile?

100

All play

What is tutti?

200

Fast

What is Allegro?

200
"Robbed" time

What is rubato?

200

subito piano

What is suddenly soft?

200
Meno mosso
What is less motion?
200

Sotto voce

What is "under the voice?"

300

Gaining a sense of urgency

What is stringendo?

300

Marked or emphasized

What is marcato?

300

Loud, then soft

What is forte piano?

300

With expression

What is con espressivo?

300

Do not play

What is tacet?

400

Faster than Allegro, slower than Presto.

What is Vivace?

400

dry; without sustain

What is secco?

400

without gradually getting louder

What is senza crescendo?

400

Sempre dolce

What is always sweet?

400

Glissando

What is a slide from one pitch to another?

500

The slowest tempo on the vocab list

What is grave?

500

Performer has freedom to interpret

What is ad lib?

500

Sforzando

What is sudden emphasis?

500

Split parts rejoin and a return to the original speed

a due y a tempo

500

The same tempo

What is L'istesso?