Con
With — connects a musical direction to its qualifying element
Category
modifier
Pronunciation
kohn
Origin
Italian
Length
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About Con
Con ("with") links a musical instruction to an accompanying quality: con brio (with brilliance), con moto (with motion), con fuoco (with fire), con sordino (with mute). It contracts to "col" before masculine singular nouns — hence col legno, not con legno.
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Poco
View all modifierterms →A little; slightly — used to qualify other musical directions
MoltoVery; much. A modifier that intensifies another musical direction.
SempreAlways; continuously throughout the passage.
Non troppoNot too much — a restraining qualifier for tempo or expression
AssaiVery or quite — a modifier that intensifies the tempo or expression marking it accompanies
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