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Sounds Italian......
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| adagio: slowly, in music. | |
| andante: moderate in tempo. | |
| arpeggio: the playing of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously. |
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| bravura: in music, a florid passage requiring great skill and spirit in the performer; a display of daring; a brilliant performance. |
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| contralto: the lowest female voice or part, between a soprano and a tenor; a woman having such a voice. |
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| crescendo: a gradual increase in the volume or intensity of sound; a music passage played in crescendo. |
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| falsetto: a typically male singing voice, the result of artificially produced tones in an upper register which go beyond the voice's normal range. |
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| fortissimo: a very loud passage, sound or tone. | |
| imbroglio: a confused or difficult situation; a confused hep or tangle. | |
| intaglio: a figure or design cut beneath the surface of a hard metal or stone; the art of carving in this manner; a gemstone carved in intaglio. |
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| largo: in a slow, solemn manner; a slow, broad movement. | |
| libretto: the text of an opera or other dramatic musical work. | |
| salvo: a simultaneous discharge of firearms; a sudden outburst of cheers or the like. | |
| staccato: music performed with a crisp, sharp attack to simulate rests between successive tones; composed of abrupt, distinct, emphatic parts or sounds. |
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| vendetta: blood feud; a prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility. | |