Non troppo

Non troppoTroppoToo much — used with non to mean not too much, moderating another musical instructionView full entry → ("not too much") is a moderating phrasePhraseA complete musical thought, analogous to a sentence in spoken language.View full entry → that tempers the instruction it accompanies, preventing the performer from taking a direction to its extreme. The most famous usage is "AllegroAllegroFast, lively tempoView full entry → ma non troppoMa non troppoBut not too much — a moderating instruction that tempers an accompanying directionView full entry →" (fast but not too fast), which appears at the head of countless Classical and Romantic movements.