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| moderato | moderate tempo (literally, "moderate") |
| molto | very (e.g. molto largamente, "very broadly") |
| morendo | dying away |
| mosso/moto | motion |
| obbligato | important solo instrumental part, or alternatively, an optional part |
| ostinato | 1. relating to any frequently repeated motif or passage in any part of a musical composition or to the use of such repetition 2. A musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition. 3. The use of such repetition |
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| pesante | heavy |
| pianissimo (pp.) | quietest |
| piano (p.) | quiet |
| piu | more (e.g. piu vivace, "more lively") |
| pizzicato | plucked (instruction to stringed instrument players) |
| poco | slightly (e.g. poco largando, "broadening slightly") |
| poco a poco | little by little (e.g. poco a poco accel., "gradually getting faster") |
| portamento | moving from one note to another with element of sliding |
| prestissimo | fastest |
| presto | very fast |
| rallentando | getting slower |
| ritardando (rit.) | getting slower (used interchangably with rallentando) |
| rubato | expressive use of tempo, i.e. not strictly in time (literally, "robbed or stolen") |
| scherzando | playfully |
