Musical Terms #2

• the two instruments should play in unison and is
• often used after a divisi or where one instrument has played solo

alone, single, solo, only

to nothing

to arpeggiate successive chords

at once, attack, immediately

blocked, stopped up

closed, stopped

with the soloist

muffler, silencer, vibration damper

step or turn of the body is performed away from supporting leg

flutter tonguing

'stopped' as with the hand in the bell of a horn to raise the pitch of an unstopped note by a semitone

glide from one pitch to another

let them vibrate

marked, accented

dying away, diminishing

alternative, not necessarily easier,to original passage

take off

speaking, talking, lifelike

to be pleasing

holding the voice firmly on the note

orchestral music stands for two players

go on without a break

strongly accented

similar

muted

as an aside

detached, separated

voice, part

tuning

quick, sudden

in a player's part to indicate a movement in which he or she does not play

held, held on

vibrato

a musical ornament or embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes of a scale

too, too much

all Play

smooth playing style in which the notes seem bound together

forced, emphasized, loud

marks part played by the whole orchestra