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) |
Translation |
| 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 |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| E | |
| elegante | elegant (with elegance, distinction) |
| energico | energetic |
| espressivo | expressive |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
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) |
Translation |
| I | |
| innocentemente | innocently, naively |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| 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 |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| N | |
| nobile | noble |
| nobilemente | nobly |
| Name of character (Italian word) |
Translation |
| 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) |
Translation |
| 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) |
Translation |
| V | |
| villareccio | rural, village |
Glossary
The harmony
In its broadest sense, the word harmony means traditionally one of the four elements of music - the others being the rhythm, the melody and timbre.
Harmony is the deliberate use of frequencies simultaneously, with a view to provide relief and depth to the song or instrumental performance : she represents the aspect vertical music, while the melody is the aspect horizontal.
Harmony is the deliberate use of frequencies simultaneously, with a view to provide relief and depth to the song or instrumental performance : she represents the aspect vertical music, while the melody is the aspect horizontal.
Melody
In a music system, the word melody means the dimension that takes into account the heights emitted by a source, individual or collective, instrumental or vocal in a musical production of any kind. The main melody is opposed to the rhythm, another component of the music.
Because it is a succession of sounds with different frequencies, a melody is a succession of intervals. Indeed, from the standpoint of the interpreter, like that of the listener, each note of a melody is determined by the melodic interval that separates it from the previous note.
Solfeggio
In western music, solfeggio (or music theory) is the study of elements to read, write, play or sing a score. The ultimate goal of reading music is to hear a musical work, its orchestration and its interpretation, no other medium that its interior hearing.