[78-L] Musical Dictionary

[David Lennick]

For most of us, "culture corner" is the unreachable part in the fridge where 
you left some yogurt two years ago..

dl

On 3/6/2011 5:22 PM, marimbamoods at comcast.net wrote:
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> Obligato - being forced to practice
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> Metronome - short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic
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> Lento - the days leading up to Easto
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> Largo - beer brewed in Germany for the Florida Keys
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> Piu Animato - clean out the cat's litter box
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> Con Spirito - drunk again
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> Colla Voce - this shirt is so tight I can't sing
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> Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down
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> Prelude - warm-up before the clever stuff
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> Flats - English apartments
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> Chords - things organists play with one finger
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> Discords - thing that organists play with two fingers
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> Suspended Chords - useful for lynching the vocalist
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> Time Signatures - things for drummers to ignore
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> Melody - an ancient, now almost extinct art in songwriting
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> Klavierstuck - A term used by German furniture movers attempting to get a
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> piano through a narrow doorway.
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> Music Stand - An intricate device used to hold music. Comes in two sizes - too high
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> Tonic - A medicinal drink consumed in great quantity before a performance, and in
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> Dominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.
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> Concert Hall - A place where large audiences gather, for the sole purpose of
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> removing paper wrappings from candy and gum.
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> Sotto Voce - singing while drunk
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> Agogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulge.
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> Cadenza - slapping noise on office furniture
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> Fandango - grabbing the pull chain on the ceiling fan
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> Prima Volta - jump start with a battery
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> Refrain - proper technique for playing bagpipes
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> Smorzando - with melted chocolate and marshmallow
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