<Dd> 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).) </Dd> <Dd> The relative volume in the execution of a piece of music </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> e (Ital.) or ed (Ital .,--used before vowels) </Dt> <Dd> And </Dd> <Dt> eco </Dt> <Dd> The Italian word for "echo"; an effect in which a group of notes is repeated, usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an echo effect </Dd> <Dt> ein wenig (Ger.) </Dt> <Dd> A little </Dd> <Dt> Empfindung (Ger.) </Dt> <Dd> Feeling </Dd> <Dt> en dehors (Fr.) </Dt> <Dd> Prominently </Dd> <Dt> en pressant (Fr.) </Dt> <Dd> Hurrying forward </Dd> <Dt> en retenant (Fr.) </Dt> <Dd> Slowing </Dd> <Dt> encore (Fr.) </Dt> <Dd> Again (i.e. perform the relevant passage once more); a performer returning to the stage to perform an unlisted piece </Dd> <Dt> energico </Dt> <Dd> Energetic, strong </Dd> <Dt> enfatico </Dt> <Dd> Emphatically </Dd> <Dt> eroico </Dt> <Dd> Heroically </Dd> <Dt> espansivo </Dt> <Dd> Effusive; excessive in emotional expression; gushy . </Dd> <Dt> espirando </Dt> <Dd> Expiring (i.e. dying away) </Dd> <Dt> espressione </Dt> <Dd> Expression; expressively (e.g. con (gran, molta) espressione: with (great, much) expression) </Dd> <Dt> espressivo, espress. or espr . </Dt> <Dd> (Italian) Expressively </Dd> <Dt> estinto </Dt> <Dd> Extinct, extinguished (i.e. as soft as possible, lifeless, barely audible) </Dd> <Dt> esultazione </Dt> <Dd> With Exultation </Dd> <Dt> etwas (Ger.) </Dt> <Dd> Somewhat </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> e (Ital.) or ed (Ital .,--used before vowels) </Dt>

Musical direction to play with an immediate reduction of speed