Grade 4 Italian And French Musical Terms

Studying for your grade 4 music theory exam? Then there are some performance directions you’re going to need to learn.

At grade 4, it’s not just Italian words, though, we also have to learn some French words. I’ve listed them all below, and then after that, there is a quick quiz to test how well you’ve learned them.

You can also download a free printout to check off the ones you’re confident with.

Grade 4 Performance Directions

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The Grade 4 Italian Music Terms

Grade 4 Italian Terms	Definition
affettuoso	tenderly
affrettando	hurrying
amabile	amiable, pleasant
appassionato	with passion
calando	getting softer, dying away
cantando	singing
come	as, similar to
facile	easy
fuoco	fire
giusto	proper, exact
l’istesso	the same
morendo	dying away
niente	nothing
nobilmente	nobly
perdendosi	dying away
possibile	possible
quasi	as if, resembling
sonoro	resonant, with rich tone
sopra	above
sotto	below
veloce	swift
voce	voice

Grade 4 Italian Terms Quiz

Time for a quiz.

See how well you’ve learnt the terminology by answering the questions below.

Then after you’re done we’ll look at some of the French words that you’ll need to know for grade 4.

Grade 4 French Musical Terms

Maintenant, time for some french musical terms. Some of them are quite similar to the Italian thankfully.

Try the quiz after to see how well you know them.

Grade 4 French Terms	Definition
à	to, at
animé	animated, lively
assez	enough, sufficient
avec	with
cédez	yield, relax with speed
douce	sweet
en dehors	prominent
et	and
légèrement	light
lent	slow
mais	but
moins	less
modéré	at a moderate speed
non	not
peu	little
plus	more
presser	hurry
ralentir	slow down
retenu	held back
sans	without
très	very
un / une	one
vif	lively
vite	quick