Clinic all-state terms A-Bs

a poco

• very slow

• a little;gradually

• rapid;lively

• with grace

a tempo

• in time; generally implies a return to the original rate of speed

• brilliantly

• to finish

• rapid lively

accelerando

• in the style of

• gradually faster

• animated sprit

• with grace

adagietto

• in singing style of

• with force

• very slow

• slow, but not as slow as adagio

adagio

• with force

• rapid; lively

• very slow

• loud

agitato: little by little

• true

• false

al fine : to the finish

• true

• false

alla

• a little; grasually

• the same

• in the style of

• with grace

allargando: gradually slower and broader

• true

• false

allegretto

• very slow

• to finish

• light and moderately quick, but nit as fast as allegro

• by semi tones