Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66–76 bpm)
Agitato – hurried, restless
Allegretto grazioso — moderately fast and gracefully
Allegretto — moderately fast (but less so than allegro)
Allegro — fast and bright or "march tempo" (120–168 bpm)
Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112–124 bpm)
Andante — at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
Andante Moderato — a bit faster than andante
Andantino – slightly faster than andante
Grave — slow and solemn
Largamente — broadly
Larghetto — rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
Largo — very slow (40–60 bpm), like lento
Lento — very slow (40–60 bpm)
Moderato — moderately (108–120 bpm)
Prestissimo — extremely fast (more than 200bpm)
Presto — very fast (168–200 bpm)
Sostenuto – sustained, prolonged
Vivace — lively and fast (≈140 bpm)(quicker than allegro.)
Vivo — lively and alive

Accelerando — speeding up (abbreviation: accel.)
Allargando — growing broader; decreasing tempo, usually near the end of a piece
Meno mosso — less movement or slower
Mosso — movement, more lively, or quicker, much like più mosso, but not as extreme
Più mosso — more movement or faster
Rallentando — gradual slowing down (abbreviation: rall.)
Ritardando — immediate slowing down (abbreviation: rit. or more specifically, ritard.)
Rubato — free adjustment of tempo for expressive purposes

Agitato — agitated, with implied quickness
Animato — animatedly, lively
Brillante — sparkling, glittering, as in Allegro brillante, Rondo brillante, or Variations brillantes; became fashionable in titles for virtuoso pieces[15]
Cantabile — in singing style (lyrical and flowing)
Dolce — sweetly
Energico — energetic, strong, forceful
Espressivo — expressively
Giocoso — merrily, funny
Gioioso — joyfully
Grandioso — magnificently, grandly
Maestoso — majestic or stately (which generally indicates a solemn, slow movement)
Scherzando — playfully
Sostenuto — sustained, sometimes with a slackening of tempo
Vivace — lively and fast, over 140 bpm (which generally indicates

alla — in the manner or style of, as in:

alla breve — in short style, i.e., duple time, with the half note (minim) rather than the quarter note (crotchet) as the beat; cut time; 2/2 instead of 4/4; often marked as a semicircle with a vertical line through it (see Time signature)

alla marcia — in the manner of a march[4] (e.g., Beethoven, op. 101

assai — much, as in allegro assai, quite fast[6]
ben — well, as in ben marcato (well marked or accented)
con bravura— with skill[7]
con brio — with vigor and spirit[8]
con moto — with motion
fugato — in fugal style, usually part of a non-fugal composition; such passages often occur in the development sections of symphonies, sonatas, and quartets[9]
meno — less, as in meno mosso (less quickly)[10]
molto — much, very, as in molto allegro (very quick) or molto adagio (very slow)[11]
non troppo — not too much, e.g. allegro non troppo (or allegro ma non troppo) means "fast, but not too much"
più — more, as in più allegro (more quickly); used as a relative indication when the tempo changes
poco — slightly, little, as in Poco adagio
poco a poco — little by little
primo — principal or early, as in tempo primo, the same tempo as at the beginning
quasi — almost, nearly, as if (such as Più allegro quasi presto, "faster, as if presto")
senza — without, as in senza interruzione (without interruption or pause), senza tempo or senza misura (without strict measure)[14]
subito — suddenly

p or piano, meaning "soft."
ƒ or forte, meaning "loud" or "strong".

More subtle degrees of loudness or softness are indicated by:

mp, standing for mezzo-piano, meaning "moderately soft" and
mƒ, standing for mezzo-forte, meaning "moderately loud".

Beyond f and p, there are also

ƒƒ, standing for "fortissimo", and meaning "very loud", this is pretty easy.
pp, standing for "pianissimo", and meaning "very soft",

Sforzando (or sforzato), indicates a forcefull, sudden accent and is abbreviated as sƒz. Regular forzando (fz) indicates a forcefull note, but with a sligthly less sudden accent.

The fortepiano notation ƒp (or subito fortepiano; sƒp) indicates a forte followed immediately by piano. This notation is usually used to give an unusual strong (and sudden if subito) accent.