See Terms are uncommon. same as medley or, sometimes, fantasia A male singer, castrated before puberty so as to be able to sing soprano (now sung by women, conventional, A soprano specialised in complex, ornamented melody, A vocal register immediately above the modal voice range, Falsetto, sung using the usual techniques of modal voice register, Originally, a trained musician; later, a castrato or female singer, A soprano who has extended her upper range beyond the usual range of a soprano, A forceful voice, between the lyric and dramatic in weight, A soprano whose voice, while normally of lyric weight and fluidity, can be pushed to a more forceful weight, The resonant clarity of an operatic singer's voice, A tenor voice capable of a slightly higher range of sustainable notes than usual. M.M - Maelzels metronome. Arpeggios are frequently (the terms slurred staccato or dotted slurs are often used to describe this technique). In music for piano, this is sometimes a solution in playing a wide-ranging single instrument. My wife says, Slow down! Notice she doesnt tell me, Go 65mph! She wants me to slow down immediately and relative to the speed I am currently going. subito fortissimo . * con larghezza: with broadness; broadly tenderly * luminoso: luminously classical theme, Large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists, A musical piece containing works by different composers, A form of Baroque concerto with no solo parts, A song or composition in someone's honour. The vibrato vibrating; i.e., a more or less rapidly phrase for expressive effect that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera, A performance of extraordinary virtuosity, A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. * eroico: heroically to a place in the music designated by the sign (a marking resembling a . English), in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical * dolce: sweetly usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an * ternary: having three parts. are to be struck with the wood of the bow, making a percussive sound; with the bow, as opposed to pizzicato (plucked), in music for bowed instruments; of music, tenuto held; i.e., touch on a note slightly percussion instrument or string instrument * N.C.: no chord, written in the chord row of music notation to show there * a nessuna cosa: to nothing; an indication to hold a fermata until it * andante: at a walking pace; i.e., at a moderate tempo We add these modifiers in front of the word mosso to give them their meaning. The symbol is not a C as an abbreviation for common time, but a broken ), main gauche (Fr) [played with the] left hand * dolente: sorrowfully, plaintively * capo: 1. : slowing down; decelerating; opposite of accelerando Heres the analogy I like to use when thinking about mosso tempo markings: Im driving down the highway with my wife. piece, ff should be noticeably quieter. If you plug in "allegro" into nearly any online metronome, you'll find that you almost universally are set to a tempo of 120 beats per minute. * martellato: hammered out also moll (minor) in this list.). loud soloist, who may speed up or slow down at will is used to display the performer's technique, sometimes at considerable al coda) and continue to the end of the piece of as defining and supporting the harmony; in an orchestral context, the i.e., rallentando. scordatura out of tune; i.e., an alternative Allegro In some pianos, this * basso continuo: continuous bass; i.e., a bass part played continuously * diminuendo, dim. * bird's eye: a slang term for fermata, which instructs the performer music style. * con sordino, or con sordini (plural) (incorrect Italian): see con sordina, Find free glossaries at TranslationDirectory.com, Find free dictionaries at TranslationDirectory.com, Subscribe to free TranslationDirectory.com newsletter. dwindling; i.e., with Comes before other terms; e.g. For fixed-doh solmization. The plural is desunt and used when referring to several works. (see also dur (major) in this list), morendo dying; i.e., dying away in dynamics, a double segno note indicates that it is to be sounded staccato. of an opera, or a vocal or choral composition with orchestra (like * one-voice-per-part, or OVPP: the practice of using solo voices on each * lunga: long (often applied to fermatas) arpeggio like a harp; i.e., the notes of the * niente: "nothing", barely audible, dying away staccato effect * pianissimo or pp : very gently; i.e., perform very softly, even softer quasi recitativo = like a recitative. Often used in conjunction with "da capo" or "dal segno" beat long, and a measure has only two beats. conductor (sometimes called bird's eye), fine the end, often in phrases like al fine (to Note: sordina, with plural sordine, is strictly correct * sognando: dreamily (see * geschwind (Ger): quickly the musician to play, thus ppp (pianississimo) would be softer than pp. ), marcato marked; i.e., accentuatedly, play every Its counterpart, tre corde (three strings; seen in Baroque-era music where two instruments share the same copy of Staccato - Articulation - Written as a dot above or below the note (. A direction, which, like Pi lento, generally occurs in the middle of a movement, the latter term properly being used where the whole movement is already a slow one, and the former in a quick movement. of pitch or melody among instruments, varying timbre, * lacrimoso: tearfully; i.e., sadly * zitternd (Ger): trembling; i.e., tremolando a singer or musician is performing a note in which the intonation is an before feminine) * mesto: mournful, sad the tempo, acciaccatura crushing; i.e., a very fast grace also less frequently considered an abbreviation for ritenuto[5][6][7], ritardando, ritard. note to another, usually pausing just above or below the final pitch, * MS: see mano sinistra Meno mosso - slower, less movement . (2009). directed to move to the coda, a separate ending section. with the fist, come prima like the first (time); i.e., as [1] He completed the work in 1951. imitative passages in other compositions alternation * messa di voce: in singing, a controlled swell, i.e. * mano sinistra: [played with the] left hand (abbreviation: MS or m.s.) * melancolico: melancholic horn in F to horn in Bb; or a change of tuning, e.g. The orchestral or choral score when the orchestra or all of the voices come oratorio or cantata) where the vocal parts are written out in full but Saint-Sans, Zeitmass, also spelled Zeitma (Ger) member to play an improvised solo cadenza for one or two measures (sometimes (For most notes on modern instruments, in fact it results in striking * lent (Fr): slowly For example, pp should be executed * vamp till cue: a jazz, fusion, and musical theatre term which instructs ; the same as, prestissimo extremely quickly, as fast as is to be way of performing a passage, which is marked with a footnote, additional third; or, with brass instruments, between a note and its next overblown at the point marked tutti. instruments, in fact it results in striking two rather than three arpeggio in this list, which as an accompaniment pattern may be seen as This should not be confused with a dot after a note which alters its value. in which several voices or melody lines are performed at the same time. al coda or dal segno al coda (or, strictly but rarely . dim a tempo csc. * energico: energetic, strong It can also be intended (inaccurately) to echo an effect in which a group of notes is It is notated by a strong diagonal bar * espirando: expiring; i.e., dying away Its counterpart, tre corde (three strings; see in this list), (see preceding entry) and continue to the end of the piece. a scalar passage or riff to "fill in" the brief time between * saltando: bouncing the bow as in a staccato arpeggio, literally means i.e., a complete break in sound (sometimes called "railroad tracks"), chiuso closed; i.e., muted by hand (for a horn, Meter The grouping of beats in stressed and unstressed patterns. from their own language rather than the standard terms here. Is this list exhaustive? * hervortretend (Ger): prominent, pronounced * uptempo: a fast, lively, or increased tempo or played or done in such * accompagnato: accompanied; i.e., with the accompaniment following the whatever it was, to the following passage * slargando or slentando: becoming broader or slower (that is, becoming as softly as possible, but if ppp is found later in the piece, pp should See full answer below. * ossia or oppure: or instead; i.e., according to some specified alternative throughout a piece to give harmonic structure, used especially in the expression. them. and eighth (hence "oct"ave) note in a major or minor scale. : divided; i.e., in a part in which several musicians the accompaniment is reduced to two staves and adapted for playing on 100 examples: They recognised the staccato slicing of time, at so many frames per second, as , interspersed with other sections: ABACA is a typical structure or ABACABA languages such as Latin and Spanish. tre corde or tc (or sometimes inaccurately tre corda) * mezzo piano: half softly; i.e., moderately softly. (notably in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata), senza sordini or senza sordina * forte or f (usually): strong; i.e., to be played or sung loudly It can also be a movement barely audible in the manner of an aria; melodious. * poetico: poetic discourse * ad libitum (commonly ad lib; Latin): at liberty; i.e., the speed and This is helpful to composers because they can express the intent of the tempo in the naming convention of a movement. * bisbigliando: whispering; i.e., a special tremolo effect on the harp * primo or prima (the feminine form): first, * quarter tone: Half of a semitone; a pitch division not used in most * spiccato: distinct, separated; i.e., a way of playing the violin and guitar muta 6 in eg: allegro ma non troppo = fast, but not too fast. a quarter note (a crotchet) in length. is the opposite: the soft pedal is to be released. * festivamente: cheerfully, celebratory before, typically referring to an earlier tempo, come sopra as above; i.e., like the previous see also Sordino. Not to be confused with sforzando ( sfz). Most of the other In particular, * sonatina: a little sonata And as a diligent musician/driver, I listen to her and modify my speed. * con affetto: with affect (that is, with emotion) list.) Unless specified, the terms are Italian or English. be) played or sung from written notation but without prior review of the * encore (Fr): again; i.e., perform the relevant passage once more * solo, plural soli: alone; i.e., executed by a single instrument or voice. * triplet (shown with a horizontal bracket and a '3'): Three notes in of Use for details. * main gauche (French): [played with the] left hand (abbreviation: MG * Zeitma, also spelled Zeitmass (Ger): time-measure, i.e., tempo rather than the standard definition of terms here. Some composers prefer terms from their own language Nebenstimme, in altissimo in the highest; i.e., play or sing the sound. indicate a forced, rough tone. the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_terminology, Become a member of TranslationDirectory.com at just * velocissimo: as quickly as possible; usually applied to a cadenza-like indicated by "(Fr)" and "(Ger)", respectively. * muta [in]: Change: either a change of instrument, e.g. * senza misura: without measure and with successively higher notes rapidly joining in. the end), focoso or fuocoso fiery; i.e., passionately, forte or f (usually) strong; i.e., to be played * larghetto: somewhat slowly; not as slow as largo * acciaccatura: crushing; i.e., a very fast grace note that is "crushed" crescendo then diminuendo, * dolcissimo: very sweetly Dan, hurry up! No need to specify my exact speed, but she knows we need to get a move on! "at first sight"); i.e., (to practice) in improvisatory style, usually near the end of a movement Music generated by the limited intermixed with recitative, * obbligato: required, indispensable * piano-vocal score: the same as a vocal score, a piano arrangement along * Hauptstimme (Ger): main voice, chief part; i.e., the contrapuntal line This convention can be extended; the more ps that are written, * col, colla: with the (col before a masculine noun, colla before a feminine It is most often used * rit. * piangevole: plaintive * un poco: a little written material but in some more or less consistent sequence. pattern that is repeated throughout an entire composition or portion of notes cannot be played otherwise. * devoto: religiously * cantabile or cantando: in a singing style An instruction to repeat the misc from the beginning. On the other hand, were on the same highway and Im going 50 in a 65. For a general, non-specific list of terms, see, List of Italian musical terms used in English, "List of Italian musical terms used in English", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English&oldid=1147048498, Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing, A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera, An instrumental or vocal piece suggesting a battle, A florid solo at the end of a performance, A lively piece, free in form, often used to show musical skill, A work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra, A short concerto; the solo instrument in a concerto, A Baroque form of concerto, with a group of solo instruments, A musical composition or idea typified by improvisation, A short connecting instrumental movement an intermezzo, A work containing the words to an opera, musical, or ballet, A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists, An opera with a serious, esp. * siciliana: a Sicilian dance in 12/8 or 6/8 meter * cdez (Fr): yield, give way movement of a solo concerto or aria (also in works for chorus). * giocoso or gioioso: gaily * perdendosi: dying away; decrease in dynamics, perhaps also in tempo * freddo: cold(ly); hence depressive, unemotional octave, to create an echo effect snaps back percussively on the fingerboard. entries of the subject in different voices; by extension, similar closely meaning moderately or, when combined with other terms, not too much, splitting simultaneous notes among themselves. See also alla breve. un, uno, or una one, as for example in the * zgernd (Ger): doubtful, delaying; i.e., rallentando. loudly. others, with imitation and characteristic development as the piece progresses. stacc. by Puccini in certain of his operas. non-legato, but not as detached as staccato) (same as portamento) posato Settled potpourri or pot-pourri (Fr.) * en retenant (Fr): slowing encompasses a conventions. * marcatissimo: with much accentuation * fortepiano or fp (usually): strong-gentle; i.e., 1. loud, then immediately strings.) * solenne: solemn Standard Tempo Marks (listed in order from slowest to fastest) Morendo - dying away. Dynamics in a piece should be interpreted relative * colla parte: with the soloist; as an instruction in an orchestral score to be encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. 4/4 is | W | Z, * a, (Fr): at, to, by, for, in, in the style of * hemiola (English, from Greek): the imposition of a pattern of rhythm a kind of broken chord; see Alberti bass. * allegretto vivace: a moderately quick tempo a direction to attach the next movement to the previous one, without a * organ trio: in jazz or rock, a group of three musicians which includes Adagio small notes, or an additional staff may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Often used to indicate a simpler version of a difficult passage. * tempo primo, tempo uno, or tempo I (sometimes Others are from Italian musical terms used in English), is pronounced. (See See, A piece or performance to be played by a single musician, A piece or performance to be played by a designated group, A type of ornament that creates a "yearning" effect, Cancels col legno and pizzicato. or similar instrument; but see also bocca chiusa, which uses the Classical period and the Romantic period, in symphonies, sonatas, string tempo, just this side of slow, andantino slightly faster than andante (but * furia: fury dies away (this only works with instruments which cannot sustain a note) allegro ma non troppo ("not too joyful") Meno: less: Comes before other terms, such as meno mosso ("less moved/agitated") Subito: suddenly, quickly: Comes before or after other terms; e.g. * arpeggio: like a harp; i.e., the notes of the chords are to be played * long accent: Hit hard and keep full value of note (>) of music. is reversed, so that the highest note is played first. Now you have the tools to be able to understand tempo adjustments around movement as indicated by the composer. * coperti (plural of coperto, which may also be seen): covered; i.e., * ottava: octave; e.g. * virtuoso: (noun or adjective) performing with exceptional ability, technique, soprano); the lowest melodic line in a musical composition, often thought page. Most of the other defined noun); (see next for example) the style of, a cappella in the manner of singing in a Comes after other terms; e.g. Subito dopo la curva c un rettilineo, hanno accelerato a tal punto che uno dei due bolidi ha staccato la ruota anteriore dal terreno. * a bene placito: up to the performer The accompaniment must follow the singer who can speed up or slow down at will. * malinconico: melancholy * alla breve: in cut-time; two beats per measure or the equivalent thereof presto possible = as fast as possible, (Prima; Primo) e.g. * delicatamente or delicato: delicately "in alt" is used in volcal music to refer to notes in the octave above Sometimes the effect and "(Ger)", respectively. RED RAIDER BAND TYLER, TX 75701 . ritardando along with diminuendo * improvvisando: with improvisation * sehr (Ger): very The speed limit is akin to our tempo marking, lets say allegro. * rubato: robbed; i.e., flexible in tempo, applied to notes within a musical * bridge: Transitional passage connecting two sections of a composition, note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes). to such elaboration, col pugno with the fist; i.e., bang the piano * pizzicato: pinched, plucked; i.e., in music for bowed strings, plucked Presto three fs (fff) are uncommon. | I | J Need more translation jobs from translation agencies? Indicates that an instrument has a special role and is essential. See also: ripieno. * secco, or sec (Fr): dry Largo e staccato simile Allegro e staccato Hornpipe a l' Inglese poco a poco cresc. * glissando (simulated Italian): a continuous sliding from one pitch to instrument; i.e., played with the bow, as opposed to pizzicato * con dolore: with sadness (Fr): allow the sound to continue, do not damp; : marked; i.e., with accentuation, execute every note * con amore, or (in Spanish and sometimes in Italian) con amor: with love, They may follow singly one * vivo: lively conventions. glassy sound, which emphasizes the higher harmonics at the expense of Define meno. * mezzo forte: half loudly; i.e., moderately loudly. In older theory texts this form is sometimes referred to as a "trill-tremolo" (see. | K | L to or artistry * conjunct: an adjective applied to a melodic line that moves by step * feroce: ferociously * quasi (Latin and Italian): as if, almost, e.g. Molto means very, and poco means a little. * ben or bene: well; in ben marcato ("well marked") for example hastening ahead; also, a passage in a fugue in which the contrapuntal * munter (German): lively which This page is not available in other languages. eighth or a quarter of a semitone too low. or m.d.) See also arpeggio in this list, which as an accompaniment passage, bisbigliando whispering; i.e., a special for string instruments, since with them another means of execution is dim. * run: a rapid series of ascending or descending musical notes which are * tessitura: the 'best' or most comfortable pitch range, generally used (In any string passage, arco is usually expected, as it is the "default" approach; it is only ever written at the end of col legno or pizzicato passages. Often confused with tremolo, which refers either to a similar meno mosso cantabile pesante always two parts playing in unison lightly all play accented, separated smoothly heavily less quickly sweetly, softly singing in the same way expressive . * rasch (Ger): fast time-measure, i.e., tempo, zelo, zeloso, zelosamente (It.) see preceding entry), sul ponticello on the bridge; i.e., in string * lilt: a jaunty rhythm notes). also written as tempo I or tempo 1ero): a liturgical or other composition consisting of choral * sordina, sordine (plural): a mute, or a damper in the case of the piano. passage or run * ut (Fr): first note of the series ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, in fixed-doh * Nebenstimme (Ger): under part; i.e., a secondary contrapuntal part, i.e., return to place in the music designated by the double sign (see 2) An instrument in a score may be omitted. * flebile: mournfully * zelo, zeloso, zelosamente: zeal, zealous, zealously the original tempo. bar, rather than four crotchet (quarter-note) beats, allargando broadening, becoming a little slower, allegretto a little lively, moderately fast, allegro cheerful or brisk; but commonly * capriccioso: capriciously, unpredictable, volatile Poco= a little, meno = less, so, a teensy bit slower. gap or pause tuning used for the strings of a string instrument, sforzando or sfz made loud; i.e., a sudden meno synonyms, meno pronunciation, meno translation, English dictionary definition of meno. * unisono or unis (Fr): in unison; i.e., several players in a group are * alto: high; often refers to a particular range of voice, higher than This is helpful to composers because they can express the intent of the tempo in the naming convention of a movement. * improvvisato: improvised, or as if improvised two instruments are to play in unison after a solo passage for one of used to mean slightly slower than andante) * risoluto: resolutely four quarter-note beats, meno less; see meno mosso, for example, under ottava bassa: an octave lower, * parlando or parlante: like speech, enunciated list), andante at a walking pace; i.e., at a moderate pianissimo or pp (usually) very gently; i.e., hold the note for its full value (simulated Italian) a continuous sliding from one pitch to shrine of the three pathfinder walkthrough. * lusingando: coaxingly. or trem. terms are taken from French and German, * voce: voice * bruscamente: brusquely. longer than usual, but without generally altering the note's value. staccato: [adjective] cut short or apart in performing : disconnected. * teneramente: tenderly * insistendo: insistently, deliberate bowed string instrument near its bridge (see sul ponticello in this Often followed by 'mosso'. symbol of common time. cut time same as the meter 2/2: two half-note But if you do decide to write 'sempre staccato' you can cancel it with 'non staccato', 'ord.' or 'norm.'. be cuivr automatically * drammatico: dramatically eg: a tempo = in time (back to the previous speed). * tre corde or tc (or sometimes inaccurately tre corda): three strings; manner of execution are left to the performer other compositions, stringendo tightening, narrowing; i.e., with a * pastorale: in a pastoral style, peaceful and simple * dissonante: dissonant * amabile: amiable, pleasant a recitative in an opera, or quasi una fantasia like a fantasia, * rallentando or rall. richer sound and as a means of expression. softer: ritardando along with diminuendo, cambiare to change; i.e., any change, such as * recitativo: recitatively; one voice without accompaniment - fm Ra.suv.n and . stretto tight, narrow; i.e., faster or * vif (Fr): Quickly, lively What if we want to go a lot faster, or way slower? ), D.S. In other words, it refers to slowing things down with a slower tempo and. page quickly, wolno (Polish) loose, slowly; found as a like a sudden crescendo, but often applied to a single note Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. * melisma: the technique of changing the note (pitch) of a syllable of double its frequency. 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