Term for "shyly" ?

How about some english?

Where I live, it's pretty much a necessity to write your musical terms in Italian. It's just the done thing.

Originally Posted by Daniel

Where I live, it's pretty much a necessity to write your musical terms in Italian. It's just the done thing.

Well do what Stravinsky did and break through the norm! Or well then again you may be destroyed by a mob, but it's always worth taking the risk. What I don't get is how are people supposed to know what the words mean in Italian, Do you speak Italian Daniel?

No, I don't. I also don't play the clarinet, yet I write for it.
I don't need to speak Italian to know what "amabile" means or "forte" or "allegro" - and performers spend their lives learning and reading this stuff, so there's no communication problem.

Italian is a commonly used language for music, that's why it's a good idea to use it .

Does it make sense to use it for words which aren't a musical standard though? Pianissimo, allegretto, grave, con fuoco, col legno tratto all the way (or a "new combination" with well-known terms such as molto/poco/subito/più/meno/etc.); but if there's a term that isn't used frequently in music and you can't expect every musician to understand it, you might as well use English (or the language of your performers if you know who it will be). (Plus, there are of course standard musical terms that are used much more frequently in other languages than Italian.)

You could just say shyly, or look it up it italian if you want to sound cool. My comp. teacher told me once, "You're the composer, you can do whatever you want."

I agree! If you are looking for an EASY to understand Italian Musical term this is the one to use.

Timido is much less likely to be understood by people than "shyly"...

You aren't Italian, judging by your post in English, so please just write it in English.

Originally Posted by Verdi_Lver

Italian is a commonly used language for music, that's why it's a good idea to use it .

So are French, German, English, and Russian. Basically wherever that composers happens to be from. Americans/English speakers seem to bear this immense amount of guilt for embracing anything that might be their own culture. It's okay to write English words on your music!!!!