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a poco

• a little; gradually

• in a singing style

• Less

• very

scherzando

• in light, playful style

• very fast

• with tenderness

• forced; with emphasis

poco a poco

• little by little

• with animation; spirit

• forced; with emphasis

• loud

appassionato

• intensely; passionately; with deep feeling

• majestically

• to the finish

• motion; movement

con brio

• with spirit; brilliantly

• very fast

• sweetly

• a composition or passage for one performer

decrescendo

• gradually softer

• the sign

• suddenly

• the same

sostenuto

• joyfully

• sustained

• the same

• suddenly

grazioso

• gracefully

• very fast

• smooth and connected

• dying away

soli

• more than one performer in unison

• vivacious; lively

• very slow, more so than largo

• sweetly

dolce

• sweetly

• the same

• suddenly

• furiously