da - by, from, for, etc.
da capo - a sign at the end of a movement indicating that the player must return to the beginning. abbreviation: D.C.
da capo al fine - return to the beginning and play to the word "fine".
dal, dalle, dalla - from the, by the, etc.
dal segno - repeat from the sign 
debile - weak, feeble.
deciso - in a bold manner.
decrescendo - gradually getting softer.
delicato - delicately.
deritta, deritto - the right hand.
destra - the right hand
devoto - religious.
di - of, with, from, etc.
diatonic - melody or harmony confined to the tones of the scale; the opposite of chromatic.
difficile - difficult.
dignita - grandeur.
diluendo - gradual dying away until no sound is left.
diminished triad - a three-note chord consisting of two minor thirds.
diminuendo - gradually getting softer.
diminution - to halve the note values of a melodyś Also, a form of ornamentation.
di molto - very much.
disciolto - skillful, dexterous.
discreto - discreetly.
disjunct - melodic progression dominated by wide skips.
dissonance, dissonant - harmonic intervals (seconds, sevenths, ninths, augmented and diminished intervals) which produce the effect of action or tension; chords which contain one or more of these intervals.
di sopra - above.
disperato - with desperation.
divisi - separated (half the players play the upper notes, and the others play the lower notes.
dolce - sweetly.
dolente - sorrowful.
dolore - grief, sorrow.
doloroso - sorrowfully.
dominant - the fifth tone of a diatonic scale, and the chord buik on that tone.
dopo - after.
doppio movimento - twice as fast.
dotted rhythm - rhythmic patterns consisting of a dotted note followed by a note of the next smaller denomination (e.g., a dotted quarter followed by an eighth note).
double bar - two vertical lines drawn through one or more staves to indicate a major sectional division or the conclusion of a composition.
double fugue - a fugue with two subjects and, correspondingly, two expositions.
double stopping - playing two notes simultaneously on a bowed string instrument.
drammatico - dramatic.
due corde - two strings - the una corda pedal is to be put half-way down.
duo - two, in two parts.
duolo - sorrow, sadness.
duple meter - two or four beats to the measure.
duro - harsh, rude.
dynamics - levels of soft and loud.
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