Foreign Terminology

• Italian tempo terminology:

  1. largo- very slow and broad.
• 2. Adagio- slow and stately.
• 3. Andante- at a moderate tempo.
• 4. Allegro- fast and lively.
• 5. Allegretto- moderately fast.
• 6. Vivace- lively and brisk.
• 7. Presto- very fast.
• 8. Larghetto- slightly faster than largo.
• 9. Moderato- at a moderate tempo.
• French tempo terminology:

  1. Lent- slow
• 2. Modere- moderate.
• 3. Anime- animated.
• German music terminology:

  1. Langsam- slow.
• 2. schnell- fast
• 3. Lebhaft- lively.