| 41. | amoroso | loving |
| 42. | anacrusis | a note or notes that precede the first full bar; a pickup |
| 43. | andante | at a walking pace; i.e., at a moderate tempo |
| 44. | andantino | slightly faster than andante (but earlier it is sometimes used to mean slightly slower than andante) |
| 45. | animandosi | animated, lively |
| 46. | animato | animated, lively |
| 47. | antiphon | a liturgical or other composition consisting of choral responses, sometimes between two choirs; a passage of this nature forming part of another composition; a repeated passage in a psalm More… |
| 48. | apaisé | calmed |
| 49. | appassionato | passionately |
| 50. | appoggiatura | one or more grace notes that take up some note value of the next full note. |
| 51. | arco | the bow used for playing some string instrument; i.e., played with the bow, as opposed to pizzicato (plucked), in music for bowed instruments; normally used to cancel a pizzicato direction More… |
| 52. | arietta | a short aria |
| 53. | arioso | airy, or like an air (a melody); i.e., in the manner of an aria; melodious |
| 54. | armonioso | harmoniously |
| 55. | arpeggiato | a way of playing a chord |
| 56. | arpeggio | like a harp; i.e., the notes of the chords are to be played quickly one after another (usually ascending) instead of simultaneously. In music for piano, this is sometimes a solution in More… |
| 57. | assai | very |
| 58. | assez | enough, sufficiently; sometimes used in the same sense as assai |
| 59. | attacca | attack, or go on; i.e., at the end of a movement, a direction to begin (attack) the next movement immediately, without a gap or pause |
| 60. | Ausdruck | expression |
