Terms 2

• Pieno = full
• Pult = Des, music stand
• Ripieno = Similar to Tutti, it distinguishes the accompanying

  instruments from the soloist
• Ruhig = Tranquil
• Sans = without
• Schnell = Quick, rapid
• Sciolto = Fluently
• Scordatura = Tuning to the contrary of normal, addressed to the

  strings
• Sec, secco = Dry, short
• Seque = Follow, continue in the same manner
• Sehr = very
• Senza = Without, i.e. mute
• Smorzando = Suddenly dying away
• Sotto voce = In an undertone, soft voice
• Spianar la voce = With Smooth Voice
• Stentato = Labored
• Stimme = A single voice or parting the score
• Strisciando, strisciato = Legato motion, smooth
• Subito = Suddenly
• Troppo = Too much
• Tutti = The whole ensemble
• Unisoni = In unison
• Vide = A cut, VI is printed where the cut starts and DE is shown at

  the end of the cut
• Virgula = The old term for baton
• Voci pari = Equal Voices