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- da capo: from the head; i.e., from
the beginning (see capo in
this list)
- D.S.: Dal
Segno, from the sign ()
- D.S. al fine or dal
segno al fine: from the sign to the end; i.e., return to a place in the
music designated by the sign and
continue to the end of the piece
- D.S.S. al coda or dal
segno al coda: same as D.S. al coda, but with a double segno
- D.S.S. al fine or dal
segno al fine: from the double sign to the end; i.e., return to place in
the music designated by the double sign (see D.S. al coda) and continue to
the end of the piece
- deciso: decisively
- decrescendo or decresc.:
same as diminuendo or dim. (see
below)
-
deest: from the Latin deesse meaning
absent; placed after a catalogue abbreviation
to indicate that this particular work does not appear in it.[2] The plural is desunt and
used when referring to several works.
- delicatamente or delicato:
delicately
- detaché: act of playing notes
separately
- devoto: religiously
- diminuendo, dim.:
dwindling; i.e., with gradually decreasing volume (same as decrescendo)
- disjunct: an adjective applied to
a melodic line
which moves by leap (intervals of
more than a 2nd) as opposed to conjunct motion (by step)
- dissonante: dissonant
- divisi or div.:
divided; i.e., in a part in which several musicians normally play exactly
the same notes they are instead to split the playing of the written
simultaneous notes among themselves. It is most often used for string
instruments, since with them another means of execution is often possible.
(The return from divisi is
marked unisono: see
in this list.)
- doit: jazz term referring to a
note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
- dolce: sweetly
- dolcissimo: very sweetly
- dolente: sorrowfully, plaintively
- doloroso: sorrowfully, plaintively
- doppio movimento: twice as fast
- double stop: the act of playing
two notes simultaneously on a melodic percussion instrument or string
instrument
- downtempo: a slow, moody, or
decreased tempo or played or done in such a tempo. It also refers to a genre
of electronic music based
on this (downtempo).
- drammatico: dramatically
- drop: jazz term referring to a
note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically downwards.
- Dur (Ger): major;
used in key signatures as,
for example, A-Dur (A major), B-Dur (B♭ major),
or H-Dur (B major). (See also Moll (minor)
in this list.)
- duolo: (Ital) grief
- dynamics: the relative volume in
the execution of a piece of music
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