13 Italian Music Vocabulary Words Perfect for Halloween

Whether you’re composing or just want to learn some new words to add to your music lexicon, here are a few Italian words which are perfect for Halloween (all taken from the music dictionary pictured above):

1. con abbandono – with reckless abandon; highly emotional (no, it doesn’t mean abandoned, as in a haunted house)
2. adiratamente – angrily
3. amarissimo/angoscioso – with anguish
4. bizarramente – in a bizarre manner
5. con disperazione – with despair
6. doloroso – with great pain
7. gemendo – groaning
8. morendo – dying away
9. singhiozzando – sobbing
10. sordamente – using a veiled or muffled sound
11. sospirando – sighing; sobbing
12. tumultuoso – in an agitated manner; tumultuous
13. vacillante – wavering or hesistant

What other Italian music vocabulary words are great for Halloween? Leave a comment below!