Music Terms

Patricia P. (United States of America)
A compilation of musical terms
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  1. acciaccatura
    an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
  2. adagio
    slowly
  3. allargando
    gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner
  4. appoggiatura
    an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
  5. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  6. embouchure
    the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
  7. forte
    an asset of special worth or utility
  8. fortissimo
    to be played very loudly
  9. impressionist
    relating to or characteristic of Impressionism
  10. invention
    the act of making something new
  11. larghetto
    (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
  12. lento
    in music
  13. moderato
    not too fast or too slow
  14. pianissimo
    a direction in music; to be played very softly
  15. piano
    a musical instrument played by pressing black and white keys
  16. presto
    at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)
  17. romantic
    expressive of or exciting love
  18. sonata
    a musical composition of movements of contrasting forms
  19. sonatina
    a short and simple sonata
  20. toccata
    a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
Created on Thu Jun 11 16:00:22 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Jul 04 08:02:46 EDT 2009)

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