diminuendo – get softer
dolce – sweetly
dolcissmo –very sweetly
dolente – sadly
double stopping –playing two notes simultaneously on a stringed instrument
dur (Ger) – major - A dur (A major), B dur (B flat major), H dur (B major)
dynamics – sound volumes
E
empfindung (Ger) – feeling
en dehors (Fr) – prominently
energico – strong
en pressant (Fr) – hurrying forward
espressivo – expressively
etwas (Ger) – somewhat
F
fermata – rest or note is to be extended
fine – the end
forte (f) – loud
fortepiano (fp) – loud then immediately soft; early piano
fortissimo (ff) – very loud
forzando (fz) – sudden accent
fuoco – fire (con fuoco – in a fiery manner)
G
geschwind (Ger) – quickly
giocoso – gaily
giusto – strict, proper (tempo giusto – strict time, proper time)
glissando – gliding up or down the white or black notes of a piano
grandioso – grandly
grave – slowly and seriously
grazioso – graciously
H
h (Ger) – b natural; b (Ger) means b flat
hemiola – rhythm other than implied by time signature
I
immer (Ger) – always