The Scholes Music Handbook: Being a Complete Book of Reference Giving Both Meaning and Pronunciation of the Technical Words Found in Programs and in Program Notes |
Common terms and phrases
Abbreviated Air and Variations Al-lah Alto Aria Bach Bach's Bagpipes Basset Horn Beethoven Brass Cadence Caisse called century choir choral chromatic scale Clarinet COMMON CHORD Compare composers Concerto consisting contrapuntal Cor Anglais Cornet Counterpoint DÄMPFER dance Double-bass English flat Flute Fugue Gavotte German harmonic Harpsichord Imitation Indefinite pitch instru instrumental composition instrumental piece Interval Italian keyboard listener Literally madrigal major means measure melody ments Military Band minor minor scales Minuet MOSSO movement Mutes normal Oboe onwards Opera orchestral Organ Overture passage Pavan performer period piano pipes Pistons play popular Prelude Program Music programs rhythm Rondo Saxhorn scale score semitone sharp short solo instrument sometimes Sonata Form song Soprano Sordini sort Sourdines strands String Quartet style Symphony Tambourine Tenor Drum term Ternary Form three-in-a-measure tion tone TRANSPOSING INSTRUMENTS Trombone TROMMEL Trumpet two-in-a-measure usually various Viol Viola Violin vocal voices or instruments word