Tuesday, January 17, 2012

NEW MUSIC TERMS, SILLY

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


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


DILL PICCOLINI: An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes


FERMANTRA: A note held over and over and over and over and . . .


FIDDLER CRABS: Grumpy string players


FLUTE FLIES: Those tiny mosquitoes 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


PLACEBO DOMINGO: A faux tenor


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

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