The latin instructions on piano sheet music... what do they mean?

I'm trying to put the finishing touches on a piano song i've been teaching myself, if you could help me out that would be awesome.


Here they are:


una corda, marcato, ma sempre, poco riten, piu marcato del principio, un poco, grave, subito, sempre legatissimo, slentando.


Thanks.The latin instructions on piano sheet music... what do they mean?
una corda - use soft pedal


marcato - stressed or emphatic


ma sempre - but always


poco riten - slow down slightly


piu marcato del principio - more emphatic


un poco - slight, small


grave - slowly or solemnly


subito - suddenly or all at once


sempre legatissimo - play consistently smooth


slentando - slower, relaxed





some of these i knew others i had to get off of sourceThe latin instructions on piano sheet music... what do they mean?
una corda 鈥?one string; a directive in piano music for the musician to depress the soft pedal, altering, and reducing the volume of, the sound. In some pianos, this literally results in the hammer striking one string rather than two or three. (For most notes on modern instruments, in fact it results in striking two rather than three strings.) Its counterpart, tre corde (three strings; see in this list), is the opposite: the soft pedal is to be released.





un poco 鈥?a little





marcato 鈥?play every note as though it is accented





ma 鈥?but, sempre 鈥?always





ritenuto (riten. or rit.) 鈥?held back, or slower (usually more so than a ritardando; and it may, unlike ritardando, apply to a single note)





subito 鈥?suddenly





pi霉 鈥?more





precipitato 鈥?precipitately