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Musical Terminology
Musical terms are words and phrases that are specific to reading, writing, and playing music.
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Form in music refers to repetition of musical material or the introduction of new musical material.
Verse and Chorus for example the most known terms to describe form.
Popular forms in music:
AABA: VerseX2 - Chorus - Verse. A form used mostly in Jazz. For reference listen to A Serious Man by Marbin
Blues - 12 measures harmonic progression that repeat in a loop. For reference listen to any B.B King album
What is the time signature of alitaptap?
There is not time a signature. The music is free form as there may be 4, 5 or 6 beats per measure. This is quite common in more modern music.
What is a piano's 'cresc assai' when translated from Italian to English?
"Growing very much (louder)" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase cresc assai. The masculine singular gerund/noun and adverb represent the short form of crescendo assai in such music terminology's and theory's practical application as piano-playing. The pronunciation will be "KREY-shas-SEYE" for the short form and "krey-SHEN-do as-SEYE" for the long form in Italian.
What music term means with hesitation and anxiety?
"With hesitation" is generally given as timoroso, and inquieto is translated as restless or anxious.
What is the difference between a melodic and harmonic ostinato?
a melodic ostinato repeats the same notes over and over, sort of like Bb-A-Bb-G- Bb- A- Bb- G-
A harmonic ostinato repeat the same chords over and over, Am-E7-Am-E7-
the terms most often used to describe a harmonic ostinato are passacaglia and thorough-bass
The modes denotes the scale used in music. The most two common modes are the major scale (Ionian) and the harmonic minor scale. Aeolian mode refers to the natural minor scale. Other modes include Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian and Mixolydian. Modern music has even more modes than the diatonic scales.
What does the term 'LP' mean in music?
Long Playing
LP can be used in both the old vinyl records and digital though I'm not exactly sure how the digital one worked but it basically is an extended version and or slower play an lp album is usually more expensive and is usually released after the full length album is released not only that but the vinyls if kept in superb condition are better than most CDs due to it being an analog record and not digital mp3 and so forth i hope this extension of the other persons answer helped a little more
It means decively fast.
Allegro is of course around 120, and play whatever piece with decisively with spirit and decisive power.
Those are the first and second endings of a repeat.
How can i tell if it's simple duple or triple time?
I had the same problem.
You can tell by counting.
What is 'Ma non tanto' when translated from Italian to English?
"But not(so, that) much" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase Ma non tanto. The adverbial phrase most famously references the careful playing of a musical piece. The pronunciation will be "ma non TAN-to" in Italian.
What are the 3 sections of the senata allegro form in music?
The three sections of a Sonata are: Exposition, Development and Recapitulation.
Exposition: the musical motifs are introduced (this section is usually played twice)
Development: the motifs are manipulated, expanded, modulated
Recapitulation: the original exposition is repeated
This creates an AABA form.
What is the theme of crescendo?
A crescendo does not have a theme. A crescendo means that you must gradually get louder.
What musical scale is neither major or minor?
The scale of 'C' - it uses neither sharp or flat notes.
In music terminology the "pitch" actually means how high or low a note is played.
The noun "pitch" has several different meanings.
SPORTS
It can refer to the playing field in games such as soccer, cricket, rugby, Gaelic football, and hurling.
It can refer to the act of throwing a baseball, from a pitcher toward a batter.
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
It refers to the degree of slant of a roof or other slope.
SOUND AND MUSIC
It refers to the high or low nature of a sound (a function of rate of vibration).
Metaphorically, it can be an increased rate of activity (e.g. fever pitch).
CHEMISTRY
It refers to a wide variety of saps, resins, bitumens, or other thermoplastic polymers used for coating, sealing, or waterproofing.
How many musical terms are there?
There are many musical terms - too many to count. Sometimes composers and arrangers use common words as musical directions rather than terms that might be found in a music dictionary. I recently played a piece that included a section marked as "Nasty". We played it loud, with lots of accents and with something other than our best tone quality and intonation. It was very effective.
Half a semibreve is a minim. As a semibreve is the equivalent of 4 crotchets, a minim (a hollow oval with a stem) is therefore worth 2 crotchets. In America, the semibreve is refered to as 'whole' note and the minim as a 'half' note. Hope this helps!
What does the musical term ornament mean?
Ornaments alter the pitch pattern of individual notes, such as Trill, Mordant, Turn, Appoggiatura and Acciaccura. An example would be for a Trill, a rapid alteration between the specified note and the next higher note (according to the key signature) within it's duration
Its the metal fixing fitted to the shell of the drum that the tension rod screws into to add tension to the drum head via the hoop.
