Music terminology

In alphabetical order:

• Accelerando- gradually getting faster
• Adagio – slow
• Allegretto – fairly quick
• Allegro- quick, lively
• Andante- walking pace
• A tempo- original pace
• Cantabile – in a singing style
• Crescendo- gradually getting louder
• Decrescendo- gradually getting softer
• Espressivo- expressive 
• Forte – loud
• Fortisimmo- very loud
• Grazioso- graceful
• Largamente – broadly 
• Largo- slow
• Legato- smooth
• Lento- slow
• Maestoso- majestic 
• Marcato- emphatic
• Meno- less 
• Mezzo forte (mf) moderately loud
• Mezzo piano (mp) moderately soft
• Moderato- at a moderate speed
• Molto- very, much
• Mosso- with movement
• Nobilmente- nobly
• Pesante- heavy
• Piano (p)- soft, quite
• Pianissimo (pp)- very soft
• Più- more
• Pizzicato (pizz)- plucked
• Poco- little
• Presto- fast
• Rallentando (rall)- gradually getting slower
• Ritenuto- held back
• Sempre- always
• Sforzando (sfz)- accented, forced
• Staccato- detached, short
• Tacet- silent
• Tempo- speed
• Vivace- lively, quick