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Allregretto |
When you’re 16 bars into a piece and realize you started at too fast a tempo |
Angus Dei |
To play with a divinely beefy tone |
A Patella |
Accompanied by knee-slapping |
Appologgiatura |
A composition that you regret playing |
Approximatura |
A series of notes not intended by the composer, yet played with an “I meant to do that” attitude |
Approximento |
A musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch |
Cacophany |
A composition incorporating many people with chest colds |
Coral Symphony |
A large, multi-movement work from Beethoven’s Caribbean Period |
Dill Piccolini |
An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes |
Fermantra |
A note held over and over and over and over and… |
Fermoota |
A note of dubious value held for indefinite length |
Fiddler Crabs |
Grumpy string players |
Flute Flies |
Those tiny mosquitoes that bother musicians on outdoor gigs |
Frugalhorn |
A sensible and inexpensive brass instrument |
Gaul Blatter |
A French horn player |
Gregorian Champ |
The title bestowed upon the monk who can hold a note the longest |
Ground Hog |
Someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won’t let anyone else play it |
Placebo Domingo |
A faux tenor |
Schmalzando |
A sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo band |
The Right Of Strings |
Manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Violists |
Spritzicato |
An indication to string instruments to produce a bright and bubbly sound |
Tempo Tantrum |
What an elementary school orchestra is having when it doesn’t follow the conductor |
Trouble Clef |
Any clef one can’t read, e.g., alto clef for pianists |
Vesuvioso |
An indication to build up to a fiery conclusion |
Vibratto |
Child prodigy son of the concertmaster |
From You've Got Laughs! The Big Book of Internet Humor by Al Lowe,
coming soon from www.allowe.com
© 1998 - 2009 by Al Lowe • All Rights Reserved • Last Update: March 17, 2012