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
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