musical terminology you might not have heard of

[pianistimo]

adagio fermaggio:  to play in a slow, cheesy manner

An Dante: a musical composition that is infernally slow

angus dei:  to play with a divine beefy tone

anti-phonal:  referring to the prohibition of cell phones in the concert hall

a patella:  unaccompanied knee-slapping

appologgiatura:  a composition you regret playing

approximatura:  a series of notes played by the performer, not intended by the composer

approximento:  a musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch

bar line:  what musicians form after a concert

concerto grossissimo:  a really bad performance

fermantra:  a note held over and over and over and over

fermoota:  a rest of indefinate length and dubious value

fog hornoso:  a sound that is heard when the conductors intentions are not clear

gaul blatter:  a french horn player

gregorian champ:  monk who can hold a note the longest

molto bolto:  head straight for the ending

vesuvioso:  gradual build-up to a firey ending


*feel free to add you own creations.

[Tash]

LOL i love the molto bolto

ok my friend accidently invented this in yr12- we were studying for our music exam and she was asking me to confirm definitions for some of her terms, and then she got to 'bremuto'. i was like em that's not a real word! and so we checked in a music dictionart, even googled it, but there was no existence of the word.

so for humour all 5 of us in our class put it in our Q2 answer of our exam ('use of bremuto in the opening sequence'- btw there was no sequence in the opening bars!) and our teacher was like WTH is bremuto??! so that was funny.

then another friend gave it a definition: a musical term which means combination of Bass, Rhythm, Etude, MUTe and Overture = bremuto. a piece of music which encompasses all these characteristics, yet you cant hear, as it is mute.

[pianistimo]

that's good!  i remember a long time ago reading 'ped' in italics and thinking it said 'leo.'  i asked my piano teacher, "who's leo?"  he just started laughing.