Characters
Major characters
(Characters in alphabetical order)
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| A | |
| accentuare | emphasize, articulate |
| affetto | affection (that is to say with a tender feeling, affectionate) |
| affettuoso | affectionate (that is to say a sweet expression and soft) |
| agitato | agitated |
| amabile | amiable and affectionate manner |
| amorosamente | lovingly |
| amoroso | lover |
| animato | animated |
| animazione | animation |
| appassionato | passionate |
| ardito | bold, highlight the melody by a certain boldness to attack the note |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| B | |
| brilliante | brilliant, loud |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
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| C | |
| cantabile | singing |
| cantato | sung |
| capriccioso | capricious, playful |
| come prima | as the first time |
| comodamente | conveniently |
| comodo | convenient, easy |
| con accento | accented |
| con affetto | with research, with taste |
| con allegrezza | joyfully |
| con amaressa | with grief (sad, bitter) |
| con anima | cored |
| con animazione | animated |
| con bravura | bravely |
| con brio | with brilliance (liveliness, vivacity, brightness, strength) |
| con calore | warmly |
| con delicatezza | delicately |
| con dolore | sorrowfully |
| con duolo | with pain (grief, sadness) |
| con esaltazione | excitedly |
| con espressione | expressively |
| con fuoco | with fire, with flame |
| con furare | furiously |
| con grazia | graceful, charming |
| con gusto | tastefully |
| con leggerezza | lightly |
| con morbidezza | softly, with flexibility, a certain nonchalance that is not free of charm |
| con moto | with movement |
| con rabbia | with fury and frenzy |
| con sentimento | feelingly |
| con sforza | strongly |
| con spirito | with mind (verve, vivacity) |
| con tenerezza | fondly |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| D | |
| delicamente | gently |
| delicato | delicate |
| disinvolto | clear, hairline |
| disperato | desperate |
| divoto | with devotion (of a serious way, inspiring devotion) |
| dolce | sweet |
| dolcissimo | very sweet |
| dolente | mournful, plaintive, tearful, sad, grieving |
| dolorosamente | painfully |
| doloroso | painful |
| drammatico | dramatic |
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| E | |
| elegante | elegant (with elegance, distinction) |
| energico | energetic |
| espressivo | expressive |
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Translation |
| F | |
| feroce | fierce |
| festoso | happy with a festive |
| fieramente | proudly |
| flebile | sad, plaintive |
| frenetico | frenetic |
| furioso | furious |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| G | |
| giocoso | gay, playful, pleasant |
| grandioso | grandly, nobly |
| grave | serious, solemn |
| grazioso | graceful |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
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| I | |
| innocentemente | innocently, naively |
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| L | |
| lagrimoso | tearful |
| leggero or leggiero | light |
| leggierissimo | lightweight |
| lunga | long |
| lusingando | caressing |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| M | |
| maestoso | majestic |
| malinconico | melancholy |
| marcato | marked |
| martellato | hammered |
| marziale | martial |
| mesto | sad |
| mordente | biting |
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| N | |
| nobile | noble |
| nobilemente | nobly |
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| P | |
| passionato | passionate |
| pastorale | pastoral country |
| patetico | pathetic |
| pesante | heavy |
| piacevole | graceful, lively, cheerful |
| placido | gentle, quiet |
| pomposo | pompous |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| R | |
| recitativo | recitative (part of a musical non-taxable to the extent, that is to say that must be played or sung at the whim of the performer) |
| religioso | religious |
| risoluto | resolved |
| rustico | rustic |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
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| S | |
| scherzando | jokingly |
| scherzo | playful |
| sciolto | agile, free, unbound |
| semplice | simple, naive |
| sonoramente | a sound manner, in harmony |
| sonoro | sound, resonant, harmonious |
| sostenuto | supported |
| sostenuto sine ad estensione | submitted to the greatest extent, the wider |
| spirituoso | vivacity, verve |
| staccato | detached |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| T | |
| teneramente | tenderly |
| tranquillo | quiet, calm |
| tremolo | tremulous |
| tristamente | sadly |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
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| V | |
| villareccio | rural, village |
