Specialising in
ADULT MUSIC EDUCATION
Small group classes at
Ainslie Arts Centre
Specialising in
ADULT MUSIC EDUCATION
Small group classes at
Ainslie Arts Centre
ADULT MUSIC EDUCATION
Small group classes
Ainslie Arts Centre & Online
GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS:
E - I
Effect, impression.
Equal; even, smooth.
In an elegant, graceful, refined style.
A vocal or instrumental composition of a melancholy cast, having no fixed form.
Again.
With emphasis, emphatic.
Tones derived from different scale degrees, but practically identical in pitch.
An intermdiate of incidental section; in a fugue, a digression from the principal theme, interpolated between developments of the latter.
With expression, expressively.
A sketch.
Barely audible; the extreme of pianissimo.
Extremely.
A study; es[ecially, one affording practice in some particular technical difficulty.
Rather, somewhat.
1. The opening section of a sonata, sonatina or sonata movement, in which the principal themes are presented for the first time. 2. Sections of a fugue that present the subject.
A written direction (a sign, symbol, word or phrase) for the performance of a piece.
Facile, easy, fluent.
Fantastic, fanciful.
The bass clef.
Wild, fierce, vehement.
Fervently, ardently, passionately.
In a festive style.
Wildly, boldly.
A double octave.
An interval of five diatonicdegrees. Also, the fifth degree of any diatonic scale; the dominant.
End; close.
A concept or organisation governing the structure, order, character, meter and key of a composition.
Loud, strong; usually written f.
Very loud; usually written ff.
With force, energy; means that the note or chord is to be strongly accented; usually written fz.
An interval embracing four scale degrees. Also, the fourth degree in the diatonic scale; the subdominant.
Furiously.
Gracefully, elegantly; in a refined style.
Joyous, jubilant.
Free, ample.
Swift, rapid.
Jovial, cheerful.
Jubilant.
Exactly, with precision.
With grandeur; majestivally, loftily.
Heavy, slow, ponderous.
With grave; elegantly.
Great, grand; full, heavy.
Grotesque, comic.
A minor scale with the raised seventh degree providing a leading note; the order of intervals is: tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone-and-a-half, semitone.
Vehement, impetuous, passionate.
A light, whimsical instrumental piece, often for piano.
Fixed idea; a term used by Hector Berlioz with reference to his Symphonie fantastique to denote its recurrent theme.
Imitating
The repetition of a motive, phrase, or theme proposed by one part (the antecedent) in another part (the consequent), with or without modification.
Impetuosly, vehemently.
Imposing, impressive.
Incisive, sharply marked.
Irresolute, undecided.
Up to, as far as, until you reach.
Naturally, ingenuously.
Initial; the first.
Heartfelt, sincere, fervent, intense.
Innocently, artlessly.
Unrestful, uneasy.
Imperceptible.
The difference in pitch between two notes.
Very tenderly, warmly.
Heartfelt, fervent.
The ecclesiastical mode corresponding to a major scale; the order of intervals is: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.
Irresolute, undecided; vacillating.
Same.