gravely, solemnly (French). See also: lent, vif, animé, vite.

This list of musical terms is rather extensive and geared more towards the pianist although any musician could find most of their answers from this list (for an example of how this is geared more towa [..]

Amazon.com Widgets 8va, 8vb – 8va instructs the performer to play the notes one octave away from where they are notated. Generally if the “8va” is located above the written notes, the performer s [..]

in the same way that “8va” instructs performers to play the written notes one octave higher or lower, “15ma” is used to indicate a change of two octaves. See also: “8va”.

a piacere – see “piacere”.

a performance indication that instructs the performer to perform the music at the previous tempo. This sort of indication often appears after a “ritardando” or other temporary “tempo” altering indicat [..]

music that contains no extra-musical references. This kind of music usually does not contain any kind of descriptive titles. Examples of pieces of this type would include most sonatas and concertos. S [..]

becoming faster (usually abbreviated: accel.). See also: “stringendo”.

emphasizing a tone by playing it louder than the tones around it. See also: “articulation”.

literally: to crush. A type of “ornament” (usually in 17th and 18th century keyboard music) in which a “dissonant” note is played at the same time as a “consonant” note. See also: “ornament”, “mordent [..]