Musical Terminology
Adiago - slow tempo
arpeggios - is a type of broken chord. Other types of broken chords play chord notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously. Arpeggios can rise or fall for more than one octave. Students of musical instruments learn how to play scales and arpeggios.
Cassazione - loosely assembled sets of short movements intended for outdoor performance by orchestral or chamber ensembles.
coloratura -elaborate melody
concerto - a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale.
counterpoint - the relationship between voices that are interdependent harmonically (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour.
Divertimento - lighthearted and designed for a small ensemble
forte piano - early version of the piano, from around 1700 to 19th century. It evolved and got bigger and better.
fugue - a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
Kapellmeister - kah-PELL-mice-stir- A German word which designates a person in charge of music making.
motet - “a piece of music in several parts with words,” not highly regarded.
recitativo secco - page 6- (“dry recitative”) is sung with a free rhythm dictated by the accents of the words.
sonata - a piece played as opposed to a cantata (to sing).
symphony- an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.
arpeggios - is a type of broken chord. Other types of broken chords play chord notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously. Arpeggios can rise or fall for more than one octave. Students of musical instruments learn how to play scales and arpeggios.
Cassazione - loosely assembled sets of short movements intended for outdoor performance by orchestral or chamber ensembles.
coloratura -elaborate melody
concerto - a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale.
counterpoint - the relationship between voices that are interdependent harmonically (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour.
Divertimento - lighthearted and designed for a small ensemble
forte piano - early version of the piano, from around 1700 to 19th century. It evolved and got bigger and better.
fugue - a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
Kapellmeister - kah-PELL-mice-stir- A German word which designates a person in charge of music making.
motet - “a piece of music in several parts with words,” not highly regarded.
recitativo secco - page 6- (“dry recitative”) is sung with a free rhythm dictated by the accents of the words.
sonata - a piece played as opposed to a cantata (to sing).
symphony- an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.
