[Trombone-l] Benign, but sometimes appropriate Musical Terms...

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I can recall several occasions where some of these terms might fit... A  
drummer friend shared it with me this a.m.
 
 Enjoy!
 
George, Destin, FL





Uncommon Musical Terms not Found in Groves Dictionary of Music 
 
Adagio fromaggio: to play in a slow and cheesy manner.
 
A la regretto: tempo assigned to a performance by the conductor AFTER it is  
panned by the local music critics.
 
Al dente con tableau: in opera, chew the scenery.
 
Allegro con brillo: the fastest way to wash pots and pans.
 
An-Dante: a musical composition that is Infernally slow.
 
Angus Dei: a divine, beefy tone.
 
Antiphonal: referring to the prohibition of cell phones in the concert  hall.
 
A patella: unaccompanied knee-slapping.
 
Appologgiatura: an ornament you regret after playing it.
 
Approximatura: a series of notes played by a performer and not intended by  
the composer, especially when disguised with an air of "I meant to do that."  
Commonly found in large ensembles.
 
Approximento: a musical entrance that is somewhat close to the correct  
pitch. Also found in large ensembles.
 
Bar line: what musicians form after a concert.
 
Basso continuo: the act of game fishing after the legal season has  ended.
 
Basso profundo: an opera about deep sea fishing.
 
Cacophany: composition incorporating many people with chest colds.
 
Concerto grosso: a really BAD performance.
 
Coral Symphony: (see: Beethoven -- Caribbean period).
 
D.C. al capone: you betta go back to the beginning, capiche?
 
Dill piccolo: a wind instrument that plays only sour notes.
 
Diminuendo: the process of quieting a rumor in the orchestra pit.
 
Eardrum: a teeny, tiny tympani.
 
Fermantra: a note that is held over and over and over and...
 
Fiddler crabs: grumpy string players.
 
Flute flies: gnat-like bugs that bother musicians playing  out-of-doors.
 
Fog horn: a brass instrument that plays when the conductor's intentions are  
not clear.
 
Frugalhorn: a sensible, inexpensive brass instrument.
 
Gaul blatter: a French horn player.
 
Grace note: the I.O.U. you deposit in the church collection plate when  
you're out of cash.
 
Ground hog: someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won't  
let others play it.
 
Kvetchendo: gradually getting ANNOYINGLY louder.
 
Opera buffa: musical stage production at a nudists'camp.
 
Pastorale: beverage to drink in the country when listening to Beethoven  with 
a member of the clergy.
 
Pipe smoker: an extremely virtuosic organist.
 
Pizzacato: the act of removing anchovies from an Italian dish with short,  
quick motions and tossing them to a nearby awaiting feline.
 
Placebo Domingo: faux tenor.
 
Rights of Strings: manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty  to 
Bowed Instruments.
 
Rubato: cross between a rhubarb and a tomato.
 
Schmaltzando: a sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo band.
 
Spritzicato: plucking of a stringed instrument to produce a bright, bubbly  
sound, usually accompanied by sparkling water with lemon (wine optional).
 
Tempo tantrum: what a young orchestra is having when it's not keeping time  
with the conductor.
 
Toiletto: the effect on the human voice of reverberation in small rooms  with 
ceramic tiles.
 
Trouble clef: any clef one can't read, e.g., the alto clef for  pianists.
 
Woodwind: a noise in the game of golf, made by a club missing the ball on a  
tee shot.