Monday, October 11, 2010

Question of the Week for October 11th.

Please tell me one Italian term associated with music and give the English equivalent. Do not repeat any that have been given. Here, I'll go first: Forte = Strong. Don't forget to save your name in the comments section or you won't get credit.

58 comments:

Eric I. said...

Piano = soft

Anonymous said...

Allegro= a direction to play lively and fast
Taylor T

Anonymous said...

Vibrato= the vibration quality in a sound

Caroline R. Dorman

Anonymous said...

Al Dente= the quality of the spaghetti noodle when it is ready to eat.

Julie Schroeder
Vive Bucca De Beppo!

Miranda Webb said...

Adagio - Slowly.

Caleb W said...

Larghetto = somewhat slowly.

Anonymous said...

CRESCENDO~gradually getting louder

~Rebecca F.

Anonymous said...

a capella = unacompanied
~Hailee Rosol

Anonymous said...

cantabile= in a singing style

Becky Hinz

Unknown said...

Rococo = play excessive, ornamental and trivially.

Unknown said...

Dolce = sweetly

Anonymous said...

Strepitoso = Noisy/Boisterous

-Maddie Ostrander :D

Unknown said...

bassa - low, deep

William A. said...

A Piacere = At Pleasure
(The performer is not bound to follow the given rhythm exactly...sounds like the trumpet section?) :]

Anonymous said...

rallentando= becomming progressively slower

~Mikaela Coose~

Jeff O said...

pesante = heavy and ponderous

Anonymous said...

Jason Boss says:

Gioiosa = Joyous

tracy anderson said...

forte=loud

Anonymous said...

decrescendo = becoming softer
Amanda T

Antonio M said...

Coda = the end of a piece

Anonymous said...

pianissimo=very softly

Abby D.

Anonymous said...

maestoso= in a majestic style


Alan Nogier

Becky Anderson said...

Legato= smoothly

tracy anderson said...

Leno=feeble, faint
(i didn't realize i could not use the same one)

Anonymous said...

Staccato=shortened and detached when played or sung

-Shelby S.

Anonymous said...

Sticcato- shortened and detached.

Katherine Massimo
2nd Hour

Steph vk said...

Arpeggio-
Playing notes of a chord consecutively like a harp.

-Steph VK

Anonymous said...

Sforzando=Sharply accented

Stephen Mattox

Anonymous said...

Largo-broad

Lydia Washington
7th hour

Anonymous said...

Diminuendo- diminish(ing)

Ashley D.

Anonymous said...

Nick Geyer, 7th hour

fortissimo= very loudly

Anonymous said...

Capriccio or caprice - a lively piece of music
- Alyssa Schaller -

Travis Duhamel said...

allegro=Fast

Anonymous said...

Cadenza= a florid solo at th eend of a performance.

--Nick Leptich

Anonymous said...

Brilliante= brilliantly
_Aimee O_

Anonymous said...

Ritardando- slow down

Tara Steffen

Anonymous said...

GAIO- with cheerfulness
*hannah k.

Anonymous said...

accelerando=getting faster


Noah Strasser

Anonymous said...

Vivace=Lively
Krista Myra

Unknown said...

Cavatina=A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.

sounds like Jazz band

Anonymous said...

Presto- very fast

-Sydney V.

Anonymous said...

mezo paino=very quiet

~Beth Barman 7th hour

Anonymous said...

Animato= animated or lively

Andrew S.

Anonymous said...

mezo forte=medium loud

-Garrett Bogucki

Anonymous said...

andante=moderatley slow and even

Anonymous said...

molto moderato = very moderate

-Alicia D.

Anonymous said...

nobilmente = nobly

~Gillian Johnson~

Anonymous said...

Prestissimo= Extremely fast. More than 200 bpm.
~Doodlez T.

Megan B. said...

Intermezzo=A short connecting instrumental movement
Megan Brandenburger

autumn mazzulla said...

Diminuendo-Gradually becoming softer.

Mike Spatol said...

Sonata-A composition for one or two instruments.

mike k said...

Vibrato= vibration quality in a sound

Anonymous said...

Andante=walking or moderatlyslow,flowing along

Anonymous said...

sorry forgot to put my name on this one... THis one is mine

Adante: walkingor moderalty slowly, flowing along


Mike Walker

Rosie D. said...

Ritardando-decelerating

Anonymous said...

Ballabile- danceable or a song to be danced to

-Constance Carlson

Anonymous said...

Crescendo- gradually getting louder
-Angela N.-

Anonymous said...

maestoso. to be majestic

Alan Nogier