1. A TEMPO - Indicates return to normal or original tempo.
2. ACCELERANDO - To become faster.
3. ACCENT - A sign which indicates that a note needs to have a certain amount of stress applied to it.
4. ADAGIO - A designation for a slow tempo, between andante and largo.
5. AGITATO - Agitated, excited.
6. ALLA MARCIA - In the manner of a march.
7. ALLARGANDO - Slowing down.
8. ALLE BREVE - Cut time.
9. ALLEGRETTO - A fast tempo between andante and allegro.
10. ALLEGRO - General indication for a fast speed.
11. ALTO - Medium High Voice.
12. ANDANTE - Tempo marking indicating very moderate walking speed, between allegretto and adagio.
13. ANIMOSO - In a lively manner.
14. ARPEGGIO - Notes of a chord/triad played individually horizontally instead of vertically in harmony.
15. ARTICULATION - A description of the manner in which a sound is produced in the areas of attack, sustain, and decay.
16. BARITONE - Low Voice between Bass and Tenor.
17. BASS - Low Voice.
18. CADENZA - An ornamental/improvisational passage near the end of a solo.
19. CANTABILE - In a singing style.
20. CHORD - Several notes sounding together concurrently to form harmony.
21. CLEF - A sign which assigns specific notes to a staff.
22. CON BRIO - With vigor and spirit.
23. CRESCENDO - The usual term for increasing volume.
24. DA CAPO - Go back to the beginning of a piece.
25. DAL SEGNO - Go back to the sign in the piece.
26. DECRESCENDO - The usual term for decreasing volume.
27. DETACHEE - Notes performed in a detached manner.
28. DIMINUENDO - To diminish or get softer.
29. DIVISI - Separated by top and bottom notes.
30. DOLCE - Sweetly, softly.
31. DOUBLE FLAT - Lowers pitch one full step.
32. DOUBLE SHARP - Raises pitch one full step.
33. DUPLET - A rhythmic figure based upon two notes.
34. DYNAMICS - Refers to loudness and softness of musical sounds.
35. EMBOUCHURE - Unique mouth/jaw formation for a wind instrument.
36. ESPRESSIVO - Expressively.
37. FERMATA - A pause or hold.
38. FINE - End.
39. FLAT - Lowers pitch one-half step.
40. FORTE - Loud.
41. GRACE NOTE - A musical ornamentation symbol.
42. GRAVE - Grave, solemn.
43. GRAZIOSO - Gracefully.
44. IMPROVISATION - Free, spontaneous performance not confined to specific musical notation.
45. INTERVAL - The distance between two notes.
46. INTONATION - The science of musical pitch awareness in the pursuit of playing "in tune".
47. KEY - The scale/mode or pitch around which a piece of music is based.
48. L'ISTESSO TEMPO - The same speed or tempo.
49. LARGO - Very slow in tempo, usually combined with great expressiveness.
50. LEGATO - Articulating notes in a long, smooth, flowing manner.
51. LEGGIERO - Light, nimble.
52. LENTO - Slow.
53. M.M. - Maelzel's Metronome marking - an indication of speed or tempo.
54. MAESTOSO - Majestic.
55. MARCATO - Marked or accented.
56. MEASURE - A unit of time gauging sound and/or silence usually organized in numbers of beats.
57. MENO MOSSO - Less quickly, slower.
58. METER SIGNATURE - Numeric symbol indicating number of beats per measure and note unit receiving single beat.
59. MEZZO - Medium.
60. MODERATO - A moderate speed, between andante and allegro.
61. MOLTO - Very.
62. MORDENT -An ornamental turn using notes a step higher and lower around a primary note.
63. MORENDO - Fading away, dying away.
64. NATURAL SIGN - Returns note to natural pitch from flat or sharp.
65. OCTAVE - A span of 8 notes comprised of 12 semi-tones.
66. PENTATONIC - Five note scale.
67. PESANTE - Heavy.
68. PIANO - Soft.
69. PIU - More.
70. POCO A POCO - Little by little.
71. POLYHARMONY - Multiple harmonies sounding simultaneously.
72. POLYRHYTHM - Multiple rhythms sounding simultaneously.
73. PRESTO - Very fast, faster than allegro.
74. QUASI - In the manner of.
75. RALLENTANDO - Gradually getting slower.
76. REPEAT - Go back and replay what is indicated between the repeat brackets.
77. RHYTHM - Musical sounds measured in various durations of time.
78. RISOLUTO - Bold, resolved.
79. RITARD - Slowing down.
80. RUBATO - Robbed; taking a portion of one note and giving it to another to vary tempo and expression.
81. SCALES/MODES - Patterns of musical notes organized in whole and half steps around which define the musical key.
82. SCHERZANDO - Playful, lively.
83. SECCO - Dry sounding, like staccato.
84. SEGUE - Go on with what follows.
85. SENZA - Without.
86. SFORZANDO - An articulation marking indicating a hard accent, and then backing away.
87. SFORZANDO - Strongly accented.
88. SHARP - Raises pitch one-half step.
89. SIMILE - Like.
90. SLUR - An articulation sign representing notes which are connected with little or no separation.
91. SOLFEGE - Syllables used in singing to aid in note reading and pitch awareness.
92. SONORE - Harmonious.
93. SOPRANO - High Voice.
94. SORDINO - A mute.
95. SOSTENUTO - Sustained.
96. SPRITELY - With sprit.
97. STACCATO - Crisply articulated notes with full tone and some separation.
98. STAFF - A grid comprised of 5 lines and 4 spaces upon which musical notes are assigned, representing different pitches.
99. SUBITO - Suddenly.
100. SYNCOPATION - A rhythmic figure/style usually characterized by off-beats and accents which do not fall squarely on beats.
101. TACET - To be silent.
102. TEMPO PRIMO - The original tempo.
103. TENOR - Medium Low Voice.
104. TENUTO - Sustained.
105. TONE - Quality of sound...a characteristic beautiful sound of an instrument or voice.
106. TRANSPOSITION - Reading and performing notes in different keys through clef changing, etc.
107. TRIAD - The first, third, and fifth scale degree of a scale played simultaneously.
108. TRILL - An ornamentation figure featuring a fast slur between a primary note and a note immediately higher or lower.
109. TRIPLET - A rhythmic figure based upon three notes.
110. TUTTI - The entire group comes in to play after a solo section.
111. VIVACE - Quick, lively.
112. VIVO - With life.