Conducting Test 2 Terms
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anttony114 on February 9, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A due | to be played by both, as by first and second flute |
| Avec | with |
| Colla parte | With the other part; often refers to accommodating the soloist at that place in the score |
| Come prima | as before |
| Con | with |
| En dehors | Out in front of; means the part so marked should be projected through the ensemble; it must be heard. |
| Erstes Mal | The first time |
| Etwas | Somewhat |
| Forte possibile | as loud as possible |
| Frappe; frapper | the downbeat; to beat time |
| Gleich | quickly |
| Glissez; glisser | slide; to slide |
| Immer | Always |
| L'istesso (lo stesso) | The same; used usually with the word tempo, meaning that the new part should be in the same tempo as the preceding part |
| Marcato | marked, accented |
| Meno | Less |
| Mezzo | Half; usually mezza voce, softly |
| Modo | style, manner |
| Morendo | dying away |
| Moto | Motion |
| Murkey bass | broken octaves, lower note coming first |
| Muta | Change; usually reads muta in ____, meaning change the instrument to the pitch designated. Most often seen in timpani and French horn parts |
| Ohne | without; usually ohne Dampfer, without mute |
| Ossia | Otherwise; often refers to a simplified part- otherwise do it so. |
| Partitur; partitura | full score |
| petit | little |
| peu | a little |
| piacere, a piacere | at pleasure, denoting a passage executed at the discretion of the performer |
| pieno | full |
| piu | more; most often seen with mosso, meaning more motion, slightly quicken the tempo. Also, plus. |
| Pult | desk, a music stand. Usually refers to number of stands that are to play the part. |
| Ripieno | Similar to tutti, it distinguishes the accompanying instruments from the soloist |
| Ruhig | tranquil |
| sans | without |
| schnell | quick, rapid, presto |
| sciolto | fluently |
| scordatura | tuning contrary to the normal, addressed to the strings. |
| sec, secco | dry, very short, no after-ring |
| segue | follow, continue in the same manner |
| sehr | very |
| senza | without; usually senza sordini, without mutes |
| smorzando | suddenly dying away |
| sotto voce | in an undertone, soft voice |
| spianar la voce | with smooth voice |
| stentato | labored |
| stimme | a single voice or part in the score |
| strepitoso | noisily |
| strisciando, strisciato | legato motion, smooth |
| subito | suddenly, reffering to a dynamic change |
| troppo | too much (usually "non troppo") |
| tutti | the whole ensemble, everybody. |
| unisoni | in unison; as violini unisoni, all violins in unison |
| vide | a cut; VI is printed where the cut starts and DE is shown at the end of the cut, thus: VI ... DE. |
| Virgula | the old terminology for the baton |
| voci pari | equal voices |
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