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| Term |
Meaning |
| Adagio Fromaggio |
To play in a slow and cheesy manner |
| AnDante |
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, solo or instrument, that you regret playing |
| Approximatura |
A series of notes played by a performer but 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 |
| Coral Symphony |
(see Beethoven-Caribbean period) |
| Cornetti Trombosis Disastrous |
The entanglement of brass instruments that can occur when musicians exit
hastily down the stage stairs |
| Dill Piccolino |
A wind instrument that plays only sour notes |
| Fermantra |
A note that is held over and over and over and... |
| Fermoota |
A rest of indefinite length and dubious value |
| Fog Hornoso |
A sound that is heard when the conductor's intentions are not clear |
| Frugalhorn |
A sensible, inexpensive brass instrument |
| Gaul Blatter |
A French horn player |
| Gregorian Champ |
Monk who can hold a note the longest |
| Kvetchendo |
Gradually getting annoyingly louder |
| Mallade |
A romantic song that's pretty awful |
| Molto bolto |
Head straight for the ending |
| Opera buffa |
Musical stage production by nudists |
| Poochini Musical |
performance, accompanied by a dog |
| Pre-Classical Conservatism |
School of thought which fostered the idea, "if it ain't baroque,
don't fix it" |
| Spritzicato |
Plucking of a stringed instrument to produce a bright, bubbly sound,
usually accompanied by sparkling water with lemon (wine optional) |
| Tempo Tantrumo |
When a young band refuses to keep time with the conductor |
| Tincanabulation |
The annoying or irritating sounds made by extremely cheap bells |
| Vesuvioso |
A gradual buildup to a fiery conclusion |
| ZZZfortzando |
Playing REALLY loud in order to wake up the audience |
