Barry
07-19-2006, 11:20 AM
For all you lexiconistic music lovers.....
ALLREGRETTO
When you're 16 measures into the piece and realize you took too fast a tempo
ANGUS DEI
To play with a divinely beefy tone
(actually, this translates to "Holy Cow!")
A PATELLA
Accompanied by knee-slapping
APPOLOGGIATURA
A composition that you regret playing
APPROXIMATURA
A series of notes not intended by the composer, yet played with an "I meant to do that" attitude
APPROXIMENTO
A musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch
CACOPHANY [aka CACOUGHONY -psl]
A composition incorporating many people with chest colds
CORAL SYMPHONY
A large, multi-movement work from Beethoven's Caribbean Period
DILL PICCOLINI
An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes
FERMANTRA
A note held over and over and over and over and . . .
FERMOOTA
A note of dubious value held for indefinite length
FIDDLER CRABS
Grumpy string players
FLUTE FLIES
Those tiny mosquitos that bother musicians on outdoor gigs
FRUGALHORN
A sensible and inexpensive brass instrument
GAUL BLATTER
A French horn player
GREGORIAN CHAMP
The title bestowed upon the monk who can hold a note the longest
GROUND HOG
Someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won't let anyone
else play it
PLACEBO DOMINGO
A faux tenor
SCHMALZANDO
A sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo band
THE RIGHT OF STRINGS
Manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Violists
SPRITZICATO
An indication to string instruments to produce a bright and bubbly sound
TEMPO TANTRUM
What an elementary school orchestra is having when it's not following the
conductor
TROUBLE CLEF
Any clef one can't read: e.g., alto clef for pianists
VESUVIOSO
An indication to build up to a fiery conclusion
VIBRATTO
Child prodigy son of the concertmaster
ALLREGRETTO
When you're 16 measures into the piece and realize you took too fast a tempo
ANGUS DEI
To play with a divinely beefy tone
(actually, this translates to "Holy Cow!")
A PATELLA
Accompanied by knee-slapping
APPOLOGGIATURA
A composition that you regret playing
APPROXIMATURA
A series of notes not intended by the composer, yet played with an "I meant to do that" attitude
APPROXIMENTO
A musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch
CACOPHANY [aka CACOUGHONY -psl]
A composition incorporating many people with chest colds
CORAL SYMPHONY
A large, multi-movement work from Beethoven's Caribbean Period
DILL PICCOLINI
An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes
FERMANTRA
A note held over and over and over and over and . . .
FERMOOTA
A note of dubious value held for indefinite length
FIDDLER CRABS
Grumpy string players
FLUTE FLIES
Those tiny mosquitos that bother musicians on outdoor gigs
FRUGALHORN
A sensible and inexpensive brass instrument
GAUL BLATTER
A French horn player
GREGORIAN CHAMP
The title bestowed upon the monk who can hold a note the longest
GROUND HOG
Someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won't let anyone
else play it
PLACEBO DOMINGO
A faux tenor
SCHMALZANDO
A sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo band
THE RIGHT OF STRINGS
Manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Violists
SPRITZICATO
An indication to string instruments to produce a bright and bubbly sound
TEMPO TANTRUM
What an elementary school orchestra is having when it's not following the
conductor
TROUBLE CLEF
Any clef one can't read: e.g., alto clef for pianists
VESUVIOSO
An indication to build up to a fiery conclusion
VIBRATTO
Child prodigy son of the concertmaster