Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 2012/01

From: Charles Levine <chardy5@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Fw: NEW MUSIC TERMS
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:51:30 -0500


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Judy Levine <jalevine31@-----.com>
To: charles levine <chardy5@-----.net>
Sent: Wed, January 25, 2012 8:46:34 AM
Subject: Fw: NEW MUSIC TERMS

--- On Wed, 1/25/12, Walt Bailey <wcb55@-----.net> wrote:

>From: Walt Bailey <wcb55@-----.net>
>Subject: NEW MUSIC TERMS
>To:
>Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 7:48 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> NEW MUSIC TERMS
>
> Making the rounds now on the Internet are the following definitions:
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
_______________________________________________
Klarinet mailing list
Klarinet@-----.com
To do darn near anything to your subscription, go to:
http://klarinet-list.serve-music.com