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Adagio formaggio: To play in a slow and cheesy manner.
Al
dente con tableau: In opera, chew the scenery.
AnDante:
A musical composition that is infernally slow.
Angus
Dei: A divine, beefy tone.
Antiphonal:
Referring to the prohibition of cell phones in the concerthall.
A
patella: Unaccompanied knee-slapping.
Appologgiatura:
An ornament you regret after playing it.
Approximatura:
A series of notes played by a performer and not intended by the
composer, especially when disguised with an air of "I meant
to dothat."
Approximento:
A musical entrance that is somewhat close to the correctpitch.
Bar
line: What musicians form after a concert.
Basso
continuo: The act of game fishing after the legal season has ended.
Basso
profundo: An opera about deep sea fishing.
Brake
drum: The instrument most used to slow the tempo in an orchestra.
Concerto
grosso: A really bad performance.
Coral
Symphony: (see: Beethoven -- Caribbean period).
Cornetti
trombosis: Disastrous entanglement of brass instruments that can
occur when musicians are not careful exiting the stage.
D.C.
al capone: You betta go back to the beginning, capiche?
Dill
piccolo: A wind instrument that plays only sour notes.
Diminuendo:
The process of quieting a rumor in the orchestra pit.
Eardrum:
A teeny, tiny tympani.
Fermantra:
A note that is held over and over and over and...
Fermoota:
A rest of indefinite length and dubious value.
Fiddler
crabs: Grumpy string players.
Flute
flies: Gnat-like bugs that bother musicians playing out-of-doors.
Fog
horn: A brass instrument that plays when the conductor's intentions
are not clear.
Frugalhorn:
A sensible, inexpensive brass instrument.
Gaul
blatter: A French horn player.
Good
conductor: A person who can give an electrifying performance.
Gregorian
champ: Monk who can hold a note the longest.
Herbert
von Carryon: A conductor who never rides in the cargo hold.
Kvetchendo:
Gradually getting annoyingly louder.
Mallade:
A romantic song that's pretty awful.
Molto
bolto: Head straight for the ending, but don't make it seem rushed.
Opera
buffa: Musical stage production at a nudist camp.
Pipe
smoker: An extremely virtuosic(k) organist.
Poochini:
When singing, to be accompanied by your dog.
Pre-Classical
Conservatism: School of thought which fostered the idea, "if
it ain't baroque, don't fix it".
Prelude:
A cue, found in some of the earlier oratorios, instructing those
singing the roles of the wicked to pray in an offensive or profane
manner. (Pray lewd?)
(The)
Rights of Strings: Manifesto of the Society for the Prevention
of
Cruelty
to Bowed Instruments.
Spinet:
Politician's order.
Spritzicato:
Plucking of a stringed instrument to produce a bright, bubbly
sound, usually accompanied by sparkling water with lemon (wine
optional).
Status
cymbal: An instrument to be played at inaugurations and socialite
balls.
Tempo
tantrum: What a young orchestra is having when it's not keeping
time with the conductor.
Timpani
Alley: A row of kettledrums.
Tincanabulation:
The annoying or irritating sounds made by an unmusical person
using extremely cheap bells.
Vesuvioso:
A gradual buildup to a fiery conclusion.
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