Musical termAlternativesDefinition / meaningLanguageNotes accelerandoaccel.gradually getting quickerItalian adagioslowItalian allegrettofairly quick (but not as quick as allegro)Italian allegroquick (literally "cheerful")Italian andanteat a medium ("walking") speedItalian ...
It’s usually the emotional reaction related to grief or feelings of despair as a result of losing someone or something that has significant meaning or value. Origin and Use of “Plumbing the Depth” Idiom Actually, the idiom “plumbing the depth” originated as a nautical term. A sailor is...
* troppo: too much; usually seen as non troppo, meaning moderately or, when combined with other terms, not too much, such as allegro [ma] non troppo (fast but not too fast) * tutti: all; all together, usually used in an orchestral or choral score when the orchestra or all of the ...
We focused on a particular term of evaluation: pleasantness. This term has often been used in previous research as a way of capturing consonance perception in listeners without musical training (e.g. refs.13,27,53), but there are many related terms that we could equally probe that are near...
Here's my very first term: Teneramente(Italian); Tenderly, softly, delicately. P.S. I would like to ask those of you who would also like to participate to please not add more than 1 word a day or it will be too much all at once and defeat the purpose. Thanks so much. ...
Most musical instruments require some engage ment with the body; very few are sufficiently autonomous that they do not entail some level of bodily engagement. Indeed, Tellef Kvifte argues that the term "musical instrument" is best thought of as a loop system in which bodily gestures and ...
“ musical” is that it’s a well known term used among audiophiles. And much of the objection here have come from members saying “ The term should not be used like that, it’s confusing, amplifiers cannot operate like musical instruments, the term should be reserved only to apply to ...
Used as a direction in music, it is a musical term in Italian meaning “from the beginning”. It is often abbreviated as “D.C.” Deceptive Cadence A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not. ...
Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age novel expired at the end of 2020, meaning anyone is now allowed to adapt it to a movie, make it into an opera or stage a Broadway musical without permission from the estate. “This book has haunted me for a large part of my life,” ...
1 Semiotic meaning Meaning is defined in multiple ways in the literature, but semiotic meaning and analysis can accommodate them all. The role of the term “meaning” as a symbol in English masks some conceptual differences it has from terms in other languages. Meaning has come to mean many ...