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General meaning: faster tempo

Italian

 

accelerato

livelier, faster

doppio movimento

twice as fast

mosso

moving, sometimes meaning rapid, used in common phrases: meno mosso, più mosso)

moto

same as mosso

piu mosso

faster, more movement

piu moto

faster

stringendo

hastening; getting faster; suddenly faster, with a crescendo

stringere

hastening

veloce

rapid, swift

 

French

 

pressez

accelerate; hurry

 

German

 

beschleunigen

to hasten

bewegter

moving, agitated

schneller

faster

treibend

urging, hastening

A blue color indicates common terms that are familiar to musicians.