Statistics for Italian musical terms

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Italian Term	English meaning	% Correct
Adagio	Slow	90%
Grave	Slow and serious	90%
Forte	Loud	86%
Piano	Soft	67%
Fortissimo	Very loud	67%
Pianissimo	Very soft	43%
Poco a poco	Little by little	38%
Cantabile	Singing style	38%
Staccato	Short and detached	33%
Presto	Very Fast	33%
Tenuto	Hold the note for its full value	29%
Pizzicato	Plucked	29%
Legato	Smooth and well-connected	29%
Subito	Suddenly	29%
Moderato	Moderately	24%
Dal segno	To the sign	19%
Andante	Walking pace	19%
Tutti	Everyone	14%
Marcato	Marked	14%
Fine	Finish	10%
Meno mosso	Less	10%
Mezzo forte	Moderately loud	10%
Mezzo piano	Moderately soft	10%
Piu mosso	More	10%
Fermata	Pause	10%
Da capo	To the head	10%
Prestissimo	As fast as possible	5%
Accelerando	Gradually getting faster	5%
Ritardando	Gradually getting slower	5%
Arco	With the bow	5%
Allegretto	A little fast and lively	0%
Andantino	A little walking pace	0%
Allargando	Broadening	0%
Largo	Broadly	0%
Allegro	Fast and lively	0%
Rubato	Freely	0%
Crescendo	Gradually getting louder	0%
Diminuendo	Gradually getting softer	0%
Martellato	Hammered	0%
Ritenuto	Immediately held back	0%
Maestoso	Majestically	0%
Stringendo	Pushing forward	0%
Sforzando	Sudden loud note	0%
Staccatissimo	Very short and detatched	0%
Con Ped	With the pedal	0%