ostinato

ostinato (nominative singular)
ostinatot (nominative plural)
ostinato (accusative nominative singular)
ostinatot (accusative nominative plural)
ostinaton (accusative genitive singular)
ostinatot (accusative genitive plural)
ostinaton (genitive singular)
ostinatojen (genitive plural)
ostinatoa (partitive singular)
ostinatoja (partitive plural)
ostinatossa (inessive singular)
ostinatoissa (inessive plural)
ostinatosta (elative singular)
ostinatoista (elative plural)
ostinatoon (illative singular)
ostinatoihin (illative plural)
ostinatolla (adessive singular)
ostinatoilla (adessive plural)
ostinatolta (ablative singular)
ostinatoilta (ablative plural)
ostinatolle (allative singular)
ostinatoille (allative plural)
ostinatona (essive singular)
ostinatoina (essive plural)
ostinatoksi (singular translative)
ostinatoiksi (plural translative)
ostinatotta (abessive singular)
ostinatoitta (abessive plural)
ostinatoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ostinatoni (nominative singular)
ostinatoni (nominative plural)
ostinatoni (accusative nominative singular)
ostinatoni (accusative nominative plural)
ostinatoni (accusative genitive singular)
ostinatoni (accusative genitive plural)
ostinatoni (genitive singular)
ostinatojeni (genitive plural)
ostinatoani (partitive singular)
ostinatojani (partitive plural)
ostinatossani (inessive singular)
ostinatoissani (inessive plural)
ostinatostani (elative singular)
ostinatoistani (elative plural)
ostinatooni (illative singular)
ostinatoihini (illative plural)
ostinatollani (adessive singular)
ostinatoillani (adessive plural)
ostinatoltani (ablative singular)
ostinatoiltani (ablative plural)
ostinatolleni (allative singular)
ostinatoilleni (allative plural)
ostinatonani (essive singular)
ostinatoinani (essive plural)
ostinatokseni (singular translative)
ostinatoikseni (plural translative)
ostinatottani (abessive singular)
ostinatoittani (abessive plural)
ostinatoineni (comitative plural)
ostinatosi (nominative singular)
ostinatosi (nominative plural)
ostinatosi (accusative nominative singular)
ostinatosi (accusative nominative plural)
ostinatosi (accusative genitive singular)
ostinatosi (accusative genitive plural)
ostinatosi (genitive singular)
ostinatojesi (genitive plural)
ostinatoasi (partitive singular)
ostinatojasi (partitive plural)
ostinatossasi (inessive singular)
ostinatoissasi (inessive plural)
ostinatostasi (elative singular)
ostinatoistasi (elative plural)
ostinatoosi (illative singular)
ostinatoihisi (illative plural)
ostinatollasi (adessive singular)
ostinatoillasi (adessive plural)
ostinatoltasi (ablative singular)
ostinatoiltasi (ablative plural)
ostinatollesi (allative singular)
ostinatoillesi (allative plural)
ostinatonasi (essive singular)
ostinatoinasi (essive plural)
ostinatoksesi (singular translative)
ostinatoiksesi (plural translative)
ostinatottasi (abessive singular)
ostinatoittasi (abessive plural)
ostinatoinesi (comitative plural)
ostinatomme (nominative singular)
ostinatomme (nominative plural)
ostinatomme (accusative nominative singular)
ostinatomme (accusative nominative plural)
ostinatomme (accusative genitive singular)
ostinatomme (accusative genitive plural)
ostinatomme (genitive singular)
ostinatojemme (genitive plural)
ostinatoamme (partitive singular)
ostinatojamme (partitive plural)
ostinatossamme (inessive singular)
ostinatoissamme (inessive plural)
ostinatostamme (elative singular)
ostinatoistamme (elative plural)
ostinatoomme (illative singular)
ostinatoihimme (illative plural)
ostinatollamme (adessive singular)
ostinatoillamme (adessive plural)
ostinatoltamme (ablative singular)
ostinatoiltamme (ablative plural)
ostinatollemme (allative singular)
ostinatoillemme (allative plural)
ostinatonamme (essive singular)
ostinatoinamme (essive plural)
ostinatoksemme (singular translative)
ostinatoiksemme (plural translative)
ostinatottamme (abessive singular)
ostinatoittamme (abessive plural)
ostinatoinemme (comitative plural)
ostinatonne (nominative singular)
ostinatonne (nominative plural)
ostinatonne (accusative nominative singular)
ostinatonne (accusative nominative plural)
ostinatonne (accusative genitive singular)
ostinatonne (accusative genitive plural)
ostinatonne (genitive singular)
ostinatojenne (genitive plural)
ostinatoanne (partitive singular)
ostinatojanne (partitive plural)
ostinatossanne (inessive singular)
ostinatoissanne (inessive plural)
ostinatostanne (elative singular)
ostinatoistanne (elative plural)
ostinatoonne (illative singular)
ostinatoihinne (illative plural)
ostinatollanne (adessive singular)
ostinatoillanne (adessive plural)
ostinatoltanne (ablative singular)
ostinatoiltanne (ablative plural)
ostinatollenne (allative singular)
ostinatoillenne (allative plural)
ostinatonanne (essive singular)
ostinatoinanne (essive plural)
ostinatoksenne (singular translative)
ostinatoiksenne (plural translative)
ostinatottanne (abessive singular)
ostinatoittanne (abessive plural)
ostinatoinenne (comitative plural)
ostinatonsa (nominative singular)
ostinatonsa (nominative plural)
ostinatonsa (accusative nominative singular)
ostinatonsa (accusative nominative plural)
ostinatonsa (accusative genitive singular)
ostinatonsa (accusative genitive plural)
ostinatonsa (genitive singular)
ostinatojensa (genitive plural)
ostinatoaan (partitive singular)
ostinatoansa (partitive singular)
ostinatojaan (partitive plural)
ostinatojansa (partitive plural)
ostinatossaan (inessive singular)
ostinatossansa (inessive singular)
ostinatoissaan (inessive plural)
ostinatoissansa (inessive plural)
ostinatostaan (elative singular)
ostinatostansa (elative singular)
ostinatoistaan (elative plural)
ostinatoistansa (elative plural)
ostinatoonsa (illative singular)
ostinatoihinsa (illative plural)
ostinatollaan (adessive singular)
ostinatollansa (adessive singular)
ostinatoillaan (adessive plural)
ostinatoillansa (adessive plural)
ostinatoltaan (ablative singular)
ostinatoltansa (ablative singular)
ostinatoiltaan (ablative plural)
ostinatoiltansa (ablative plural)
ostinatolleen (allative singular)
ostinatollensa (allative singular)
ostinatoilleen (allative plural)
ostinatoillensa (allative plural)
ostinatonaan (essive singular)
ostinatonansa (essive singular)
ostinatoinaan (essive plural)
ostinatoinansa (essive plural)
ostinatokseen (singular translative)
ostinatoksensa (singular translative)
ostinatoikseen (plural translative)
ostinatoiksensa (plural translative)
ostinatottaan (abessive singular)
ostinatottansa (abessive singular)
ostinatoittaan (abessive plural)
ostinatoittansa (abessive plural)
ostinatoineen (comitative plural)
ostinatoinensa (comitative plural)


moderato

Borrowed from Italian moderato. Doublet of moderate.

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo.


moderato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian moderato.


period

frequency

antonym(s) of “length of time of recurrence of a periodic phenomenon”

/ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/

From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, an interval of time, path around”), from περί- (perí-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).

periudhë

history: period of time seen as coherent entity

periodike

length of time during which something repeats

(music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).


cantabile

Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).

bor

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner


cantabile

en-adv

cantabile (comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

more cantabile (comparative)
most cantabile (superlative)

(music) Played in this style; singingly, lyrically


cantabile

(music) Describing a passage having this mark; singable, lyrical


cantabile

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cantabile.

ubor

(music) cantabile, singingly, lyrically.


single

→ Dutch: single

→ Finnish: sinkku

→ German: Single

→ Indonesian: singel

→ Japanese: シングル (shinguru)

→ Polish: singiel

From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular.

(music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.

The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.

(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.


single

singular singlen (definite)
singler (indefinite plural)
singlene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English single and singles.


single

singular singlen (definite)
singlar (indefinite plural)
singlane (definite plural)


single

Unadapted borrowing from English single.

(music) single (song released on its own or with an extra track)


single

head

single (definite accusative singleı, plural singlelar)

singleı (accusative definite)
singlelar (plural)
single (nominative singular)
singlelar (nominative plural)
singleı (accusative definite singular)
singleları (accusative definite plural)
singlea (dative singular)
singlelara (dative plural)
singleda (locative singular)
singlelarda (locative plural)
singledan (ablative singular)
singlelardan (ablative plural)
singleın (genitive singular)
singleların (genitive plural)


acuto

it-adj

acuto (feminine acuta, masculine plural acuti, feminine plural acute, superlative acutissimo)

acuta (feminine)
acuti (masculine plural)
acute (feminine plural)
acutissimo (superlative)

Inherited from Latin acūtus. Related to aguzzo.

(music) high-pitched, high, shrill (voice, etc.)


acuto

(music, in absolute, un acuto) high note, top note


accidente

→ Tagalog: aksidente

[aɣ̞.θiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]


ocarina

Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal.

bor

(music) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.


ocarina

Diminutive of oca (“goose”), derived from Vulgar Latin *auca < Late Latin *avica, from classical Latin avis.


ocarina

(music) ocarina (an oval wind instrument)


arco

From Italian arco (“bow”). Doublet of arch and arc.

(music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.


arco

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

der

suonare con arco

(music) bow (used to play string instruments)


arco

Inherited from Latin arcus (whence English archery), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). In some senses inherited, in others borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with English arrow, arc, and arch.


diminuendo

(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly


diminuendo

en-adv

diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)

more diminuendo (comparative)
most diminuendo (superlative)


diminuendo

(music) describing a passage having this mark


diminuendo

diminuendo (nominative singular)
diminuendot (nominative plural)
diminuendo (accusative nominative singular)
diminuendot (accusative nominative plural)
diminuendon (accusative genitive singular)
diminuendot (accusative genitive plural)
diminuendon (genitive singular)
diminuendojen (genitive plural)
diminuendoa (partitive singular)
diminuendoja (partitive plural)
diminuendossa (inessive singular)
diminuendoissa (inessive plural)
diminuendosta (elative singular)
diminuendoista (elative plural)
diminuendoon (illative singular)
diminuendoihin (illative plural)
diminuendolla (adessive singular)
diminuendoilla (adessive plural)
diminuendolta (ablative singular)
diminuendoilta (ablative plural)
diminuendolle (allative singular)
diminuendoille (allative plural)
diminuendona (essive singular)
diminuendoina (essive plural)
diminuendoksi (singular translative)
diminuendoiksi (plural translative)
diminuendotta (abessive singular)
diminuendoitta (abessive plural)
diminuendoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
diminuendoni (nominative singular)
diminuendoni (nominative plural)
diminuendoni (accusative nominative singular)
diminuendoni (accusative nominative plural)
diminuendoni (accusative genitive singular)
diminuendoni (accusative genitive plural)
diminuendoni (genitive singular)
diminuendojeni (genitive plural)
diminuendoani (partitive singular)
diminuendojani (partitive plural)
diminuendossani (inessive singular)
diminuendoissani (inessive plural)
diminuendostani (elative singular)
diminuendoistani (elative plural)
diminuendooni (illative singular)
diminuendoihini (illative plural)
diminuendollani (adessive singular)
diminuendoillani (adessive plural)
diminuendoltani (ablative singular)
diminuendoiltani (ablative plural)
diminuendolleni (allative singular)
diminuendoilleni (allative plural)
diminuendonani (essive singular)
diminuendoinani (essive plural)
diminuendokseni (singular translative)
diminuendoikseni (plural translative)
diminuendottani (abessive singular)
diminuendoittani (abessive plural)
diminuendoineni (comitative plural)
diminuendosi (nominative singular)
diminuendosi (nominative plural)
diminuendosi (accusative nominative singular)
diminuendosi (accusative nominative plural)
diminuendosi (accusative genitive singular)
diminuendosi (accusative genitive plural)
diminuendosi (genitive singular)
diminuendojesi (genitive plural)
diminuendoasi (partitive singular)
diminuendojasi (partitive plural)
diminuendossasi (inessive singular)
diminuendoissasi (inessive plural)
diminuendostasi (elative singular)
diminuendoistasi (elative plural)
diminuendoosi (illative singular)
diminuendoihisi (illative plural)
diminuendollasi (adessive singular)
diminuendoillasi (adessive plural)
diminuendoltasi (ablative singular)
diminuendoiltasi (ablative plural)
diminuendollesi (allative singular)
diminuendoillesi (allative plural)
diminuendonasi (essive singular)
diminuendoinasi (essive plural)
diminuendoksesi (singular translative)
diminuendoiksesi (plural translative)
diminuendottasi (abessive singular)
diminuendoittasi (abessive plural)
diminuendoinesi (comitative plural)
diminuendomme (nominative singular)
diminuendomme (nominative plural)
diminuendomme (accusative nominative singular)
diminuendomme (accusative nominative plural)
diminuendomme (accusative genitive singular)
diminuendomme (accusative genitive plural)
diminuendomme (genitive singular)
diminuendojemme (genitive plural)
diminuendoamme (partitive singular)
diminuendojamme (partitive plural)
diminuendossamme (inessive singular)
diminuendoissamme (inessive plural)
diminuendostamme (elative singular)
diminuendoistamme (elative plural)
diminuendoomme (illative singular)
diminuendoihimme (illative plural)
diminuendollamme (adessive singular)
diminuendoillamme (adessive plural)
diminuendoltamme (ablative singular)
diminuendoiltamme (ablative plural)
diminuendollemme (allative singular)
diminuendoillemme (allative plural)
diminuendonamme (essive singular)
diminuendoinamme (essive plural)
diminuendoksemme (singular translative)
diminuendoiksemme (plural translative)
diminuendottamme (abessive singular)
diminuendoittamme (abessive plural)
diminuendoinemme (comitative plural)
diminuendonne (nominative singular)
diminuendonne (nominative plural)
diminuendonne (accusative nominative singular)
diminuendonne (accusative nominative plural)
diminuendonne (accusative genitive singular)
diminuendonne (accusative genitive plural)
diminuendonne (genitive singular)
diminuendojenne (genitive plural)
diminuendoanne (partitive singular)
diminuendojanne (partitive plural)
diminuendossanne (inessive singular)
diminuendoissanne (inessive plural)
diminuendostanne (elative singular)
diminuendoistanne (elative plural)
diminuendoonne (illative singular)
diminuendoihinne (illative plural)
diminuendollanne (adessive singular)
diminuendoillanne (adessive plural)
diminuendoltanne (ablative singular)
diminuendoiltanne (ablative plural)
diminuendollenne (allative singular)
diminuendoillenne (allative plural)
diminuendonanne (essive singular)
diminuendoinanne (essive plural)
diminuendoksenne (singular translative)
diminuendoiksenne (plural translative)
diminuendottanne (abessive singular)
diminuendoittanne (abessive plural)
diminuendoinenne (comitative plural)
diminuendonsa (nominative singular)
diminuendonsa (nominative plural)
diminuendonsa (accusative nominative singular)
diminuendonsa (accusative nominative plural)
diminuendonsa (accusative genitive singular)
diminuendonsa (accusative genitive plural)
diminuendonsa (genitive singular)
diminuendojensa (genitive plural)
diminuendoaan (partitive singular)
diminuendoansa (partitive singular)
diminuendojaan (partitive plural)
diminuendojansa (partitive plural)
diminuendossaan (inessive singular)
diminuendossansa (inessive singular)
diminuendoissaan (inessive plural)
diminuendoissansa (inessive plural)
diminuendostaan (elative singular)
diminuendostansa (elative singular)
diminuendoistaan (elative plural)
diminuendoistansa (elative plural)
diminuendoonsa (illative singular)
diminuendoihinsa (illative plural)
diminuendollaan (adessive singular)
diminuendollansa (adessive singular)
diminuendoillaan (adessive plural)
diminuendoillansa (adessive plural)
diminuendoltaan (ablative singular)
diminuendoltansa (ablative singular)
diminuendoiltaan (ablative plural)
diminuendoiltansa (ablative plural)
diminuendolleen (allative singular)
diminuendollensa (allative singular)
diminuendoilleen (allative plural)
diminuendoillensa (allative plural)
diminuendonaan (essive singular)
diminuendonansa (essive singular)
diminuendoinaan (essive plural)
diminuendoinansa (essive plural)
diminuendokseen (singular translative)
diminuendoksensa (singular translative)
diminuendoikseen (plural translative)
diminuendoiksensa (plural translative)
diminuendottaan (abessive singular)
diminuendottansa (abessive singular)
diminuendoittaan (abessive plural)
diminuendoittansa (abessive plural)
diminuendoineen (comitative plural)
diminuendoinensa (comitative plural)

(music) diminuendo (dynamic mark or passage)


diminuendo

(music) diminuendo (a dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly)


diminuendo

Borrowed from Latin dīminuendus, gerundive of dīminuō (“to shatter; to diminish”).


contrabassoon

Semi-anglicized version of Italian contrafagotto, probably following the model of the English word contrabass (which derives from Italian contrabbasso).

(music) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.


cover version

Coordinate term: (motion pictures) remake

(music) A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.


glissando

en-noun

glissando (plural glissandi or glissandos or glissandoes)

glissandi (plural)
glissandos (plural)
glissandoes (plural)

(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).


glissando

en-verb

glissando (third-person singular simple present glissandos, present participle glissandoing, simple past and past participle glissandoed)

glissandos (present singular third-person)
glissandoing (participle present)
glissandoed (participle past)
glissandoed (past)

(music) To play with a glissando or sliding effect.


glissando

glissando (nominative singular)
glissandók (nominative plural)
glissandót (accusative singular)
glissandókat (accusative plural)
glissandónak (dative singular)
glissandóknak (dative plural)
glissandóval (instrumental singular)
glissandókkal (instrumental plural)
glissandóért (causal-final singular)
glissandókért (causal-final plural)
glissandóvá (singular translative)
glissandókká (plural translative)
glissandóig (singular terminative)
glissandókig (plural terminative)
glissandoként (essive-formal singular)
glissandókként (essive-formal plural)
glissandóban (inessive singular)
glissandókban (inessive plural)
glissandón (singular superessive)
glissandókon (plural superessive)
glissandónál (adessive singular)
glissandóknál (adessive plural)
glissandóba (illative singular)
glissandókba (illative plural)
glissandóra (singular sublative)
glissandókra (plural sublative)
glissandóhoz (allative singular)
glissandókhoz (allative plural)
glissandóból (elative singular)
glissandókból (elative plural)
glissandóról (delative singular)
glissandókról (delative plural)
glissandótól (ablative singular)
glissandóktól (ablative plural)
glissandóé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
glissandóké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
glissandóéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
glissandókéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
glissandóm (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
glissandóim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
glissandód (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
glissandóid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
glissandója (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
glissandói (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
glissandónk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
glissandóink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
glissandótok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
glissandóitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
glissandójuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
glissandóik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(music) glissando (a continuous sliding from one pitch to another)


contralto

en-noun

contralto (plural contraltos or contralti)

/kɒnˈtɹɑːltəʊ/

Contraction of contratenor alto, from Latin contratenor altus.

Out in the yard a womanʼs hoarse contralto intoned a hymn.

1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 68:

(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to a similar musical pitch, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


contralto

(music) contralto (voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano)

(music) contralto (singer with this voice)


dynamics

(music) The volume with which music is to be performed, denoted by such terms as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, or forte.


fortissimo

He claims he was doing no more than repeating the standard nationalist account. So he was, but he was also repeating that passionate liberal critique which had resounded, often fortissimo, in British debate when Indian nationalism was still a half-formed dream.

2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books:

(music) Indicating that the piece is played very loud.


fortissimo

fortissimo (plural fortissimos or fortissimi)

fortissimos (plural)
fortissimi (plural)

(music) The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo. Abbreviation: ff.


fortissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.


fortissimo

fortissima (feminine)
fortissimi (masculine plural)
fortissime (feminine plural)


fortissimo

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).


fortissimo

fortissimoen (definite singular)
fortissimoer (indefinite plural)
fortissimoene (definite plural)


fortissimo

Borrowed rom Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).


fortissimo

fortissimoen (definite singular)
fortissimoar (indefinite plural)
fortissimoane (definite plural)


fortissimo

fortissimo (indefinite nominative singular)
fortissimot (definite nominative singular)
fortissimon (indefinite nominative plural)
fortissimona (definite nominative plural)
fortissimos (genitive indefinite singular)
fortissimots (definite genitive singular)
fortissimons (genitive indefinite plural)
fortissimonas (definite genitive plural)

(music) fortissimo (passage to be played very loudly)


trill

From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.

(music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.


major scale

{c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c}

In the key of C Major, the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C form a major scale

(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.


diabolus

From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo.


clef

Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”).

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from 16th c.]


interval cycle

(music) That which unfolds a single recurrent interval in a series that closes with a return to the initial pitch class.


contratenor altus

la-noun

contrātenor altus m (genitive contrātenōris altī); third declension

contrātenor altus (canonical masculine)
contrātenōris altī (genitive)
contrātenor altus (nominative singular)
contrātenōrēs altī (nominative plural)
contrātenōris altī (genitive singular)
contrātenōrum altōrum (genitive plural)
contrātenōrī altō (dative singular)
contrātenōribus altīs (dative plural)
contrātenōrem altum (accusative singular)
contrātenōrēs altōs (accusative plural)
contrātenōre altō (ablative singular)
contrātenōribus altīs (ablative plural)
contrātenor alte (singular vocative)
contrātenōrēs altī (plural vocative)

(music) High countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


aer

head

aer m (genitive singular aeir, nominative plural aeir)

aeir (genitive singular)
aeir (nominative plural)
aer (indefinite nominative singular)
aeir (indefinite nominative plural)
a aeir (indefinite singular vocative)
a aera (indefinite plural vocative)
aeir (genitive indefinite singular)
aer (genitive indefinite plural)
aer (dative indefinite singular)
aeir (dative indefinite plural)
an t-aer (definite nominative singular)
na haeir (definite nominative plural)
an aeir (definite genitive singular)
na n-aer (definite genitive plural)
leis an aer (dative definite singular)
don aer (dative definite singular)
leis na haeir (dative definite plural)

From Old Irish aer, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).


pianissimo

en-adv

pianissimo (comparative more pianissimo, superlative most pianissimo)

more pianissimo (comparative)
most pianissimo (superlative)


pianissimo

Borrowed from Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


pianissimo

fr-noun

pianissimo m (plural pianissimos or pianissimi)

pianissimos (plural)
pianissimi (plural)


pianissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pianissimo.


pianissimo

→ Catalan: pianissimo

→ English: pianissimo

→ French: pianissimo

→ Portuguese: pianissimo

→ Romanian: pianissimo

→ Spanish: pianissimo


pianissimo

From Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


pianissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


grace

en-noun

grace (countable and uncountable, plural graces)

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from grātus (“pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, welcome”); compare grateful.
The word displaced the native Middle English held, hield (“grace”) (from Old English held, hyld (“grace”)), Middle English este (“grace, favour, pleasure”) (from Old English ēst (“grace, kindness, favour”)), Middle English athmede(n) (“grace”) (from Old English ēadmēdu (“grace”)), Middle English are, ore (“grace, mercy, honour”) (from Old English ār (“honour, grace, kindness, mercy”)).

cog

The Trill being the most usual Grace, is usually made in Closes, Cadences, and when on a long Note Exclamation or Passion is expressed, there the Trill is made in the latter part of such Note; but most usually upon binding Notes and such Notes as precede the closing Note.

1683, John Playford, An Introduction to the Skill of Musick: In Three Books, page 47:


grace

en-verb

grace (third-person singular simple present graces, present participle gracing, simple past and past participle graced)

graces (present singular third-person)
gracing (participle present)
graced (participle past)
graced (past)

For D and E, the G and A fingers are generally used for gracing, though E is sometimes more conveniently graced by F#.

1987, L. E. McCullough, The Complete Irish Tin Whistle Tutor (New & Revised), page 22:

(transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.


crescendo

en-noun

crescendo (plural crescendos or crescendi or crescendoes)

crescendos (plural)
crescendi (plural)
crescendoes (plural)

climax

antonym(s) of “the climax of a gradual increase”

/kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/

/kɹəˈʃɛn.dəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian crescendo, gerund of crescere (“to grow, to increase”).

(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.

кресчендо

music: instruction to play gradually more loudly


crescendo

/kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/

/kɹəˈʃɛn.dəʊ/

(music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.


crescendo

crescendo (nominative singular)
crescenda (nominative plural)
crescenda (genitive singular)
crescend (genitive plural)
crescendu (dative singular)
crescendům (dative plural)
crescendo (accusative singular)
crescenda (accusative plural)
crescendo (singular vocative)
crescenda (plural vocative)
crescendu (locative singular)
crescendech (locative plural)
crescendem (instrumental singular)
crescendy (instrumental plural)


crescendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian crescendo, from Latin crēscendum (“increasing, growing”), gerund of crēscō.

der

(music) crescendo: An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ).


crescendo

→ English: crescendo

→ Spanish: crescendo

From Latin crēscendum (“increasing, growing”), gerund of crēscō.

(music) crescendo (instruction to play gradually more loudly)


crescendo

(music) crescendo (music to be play gradually more loudly)


crescendo

crescendo (indefinite nominative singular)
crescendot (definite nominative singular)
crescendon (indefinite nominative plural)
crescendona (definite nominative plural)
crescendos (genitive indefinite singular)
crescendots (definite genitive singular)
crescendons (genitive indefinite plural)
crescendonas (definite genitive plural)


staccato

Borrowed from Italian staccato (“detached, disconnected”), past participle of staccare (“to detach, separate”), aphetic variant of distaccare (“to separate, detach”), from Middle French destacher (“to detach”), from Old French destachier (“to detach”), from des- + atachier (“to attach”), alteration of estachier (“to fasten with or to a stake, lay claim to”), from estache (“a stake”), from Low Frankish *stakkā (“stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz, *stakô (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“stick, stake”). Akin to Old High German stecko (“post”) (German Stecken (“stick”)), Old Saxon stekko (“stake”), Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”), Old English staca (“stake”). More at stake.

der

(music) An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to legato. Staccato is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead.


staccato

en-adv

staccato (comparative more staccato, superlative most staccato)

more staccato (comparative)
most staccato (superlative)

Now, play the same passage very staccato.


staccato

(music) Describing a passage having this mark.


staccato

pl-noun

staccato n (indeclinable, related adjective staccatowy)

staccatowy (adjective)
staccato (nominative singular)
staccata (nominative plural)
staccata (genitive singular)
staccat (genitive plural)
staccatu (dative singular)
staccatom (dative plural)
staccato (accusative singular)
staccata (accusative plural)
staccatem (instrumental singular)
staccatami (instrumental plural)
staccacie (locative singular)
staccatach (locative plural)
staccato (singular vocative)
staccata (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian staccato.

ubor

(music) staccato (articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note)


staccato

pl-adj

staccato (not comparable, no derived adverb)

(music) staccato (describing a passage having this mark)


staccato

(music) staccato (a style of playing short sharp notes)


staccato

staccato (indefinite nominative singular)
staccatot (definite nominative singular)
staccaton (indefinite nominative plural)
staccatona (definite nominative plural)
staccatos (genitive indefinite singular)
staccatots (definite genitive singular)
staccatons (genitive indefinite plural)
staccatonas (definite genitive plural)

(music) staccato (with a clear break between each tone)


allegretto

Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro.

(music) To be played rather fast and lively.


allegretto

It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, and the vast and complex organism its perfect development, that the certainty arose of an effect on human emotion comparable to that which was born when the opening bars of the allegretto in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony had been played for the first time, and the idea of them was from that moment alive and abroad in the world.

1880, Edmund Gurney, The Power of Sound, page 99:

allégretto

a movement that is to be played fast and lively


allegretto

allegretto (nominative singular)
allegretot (nominative plural)
allegretto (accusative nominative singular)
allegretot (accusative nominative plural)
allegreton (accusative genitive singular)
allegretot (accusative genitive plural)
allegreton (genitive singular)
allegrettojen (genitive plural)
allegrettoa (partitive singular)
allegrettoja (partitive plural)
allegretossa (inessive singular)
allegretoissa (inessive plural)
allegretosta (elative singular)
allegretoista (elative plural)
allegrettoon (illative singular)
allegrettoihin (illative plural)
allegretolla (adessive singular)
allegretoilla (adessive plural)
allegretolta (ablative singular)
allegretoilta (ablative plural)
allegretolle (allative singular)
allegretoille (allative plural)
allegrettona (essive singular)
allegrettoina (essive plural)
allegretoksi (singular translative)
allegretoiksi (plural translative)
allegretotta (abessive singular)
allegretoitta (abessive plural)
allegretoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
allegrettoni (nominative singular)
allegrettoni (nominative plural)
allegrettoni (accusative nominative singular)
allegrettoni (accusative nominative plural)
allegrettoni (accusative genitive singular)
allegrettoni (accusative genitive plural)
allegrettoni (genitive singular)
allegrettojeni (genitive plural)
allegrettoani (partitive singular)
allegrettojani (partitive plural)
allegretossani (inessive singular)
allegretoissani (inessive plural)
allegretostani (elative singular)
allegretoistani (elative plural)
allegrettooni (illative singular)
allegrettoihini (illative plural)
allegretollani (adessive singular)
allegretoillani (adessive plural)
allegretoltani (ablative singular)
allegretoiltani (ablative plural)
allegretolleni (allative singular)
allegretoilleni (allative plural)
allegrettonani (essive singular)
allegrettoinani (essive plural)
allegretokseni (singular translative)
allegretoikseni (plural translative)
allegretottani (abessive singular)
allegretoittani (abessive plural)
allegrettoineni (comitative plural)
allegrettosi (nominative singular)
allegrettosi (nominative plural)
allegrettosi (accusative nominative singular)
allegrettosi (accusative nominative plural)
allegrettosi (accusative genitive singular)
allegrettosi (accusative genitive plural)
allegrettosi (genitive singular)
allegrettojesi (genitive plural)
allegrettoasi (partitive singular)
allegrettojasi (partitive plural)
allegretossasi (inessive singular)
allegretoissasi (inessive plural)
allegretostasi (elative singular)
allegretoistasi (elative plural)
allegrettoosi (illative singular)
allegrettoihisi (illative plural)
allegretollasi (adessive singular)
allegretoillasi (adessive plural)
allegretoltasi (ablative singular)
allegretoiltasi (ablative plural)
allegretollesi (allative singular)
allegretoillesi (allative plural)
allegrettonasi (essive singular)
allegrettoinasi (essive plural)
allegretoksesi (singular translative)
allegretoiksesi (plural translative)
allegretottasi (abessive singular)
allegretoittasi (abessive plural)
allegrettoinesi (comitative plural)
allegrettomme (nominative singular)
allegrettomme (nominative plural)
allegrettomme (accusative nominative singular)
allegrettomme (accusative nominative plural)
allegrettomme (accusative genitive singular)
allegrettomme (accusative genitive plural)
allegrettomme (genitive singular)
allegrettojemme (genitive plural)
allegrettoamme (partitive singular)
allegrettojamme (partitive plural)
allegretossamme (inessive singular)
allegretoissamme (inessive plural)
allegretostamme (elative singular)
allegretoistamme (elative plural)
allegrettoomme (illative singular)
allegrettoihimme (illative plural)
allegretollamme (adessive singular)
allegretoillamme (adessive plural)
allegretoltamme (ablative singular)
allegretoiltamme (ablative plural)
allegretollemme (allative singular)
allegretoillemme (allative plural)
allegrettonamme (essive singular)
allegrettoinamme (essive plural)
allegretoksemme (singular translative)
allegretoiksemme (plural translative)
allegretottamme (abessive singular)
allegretoittamme (abessive plural)
allegrettoinemme (comitative plural)
allegrettonne (nominative singular)
allegrettonne (nominative plural)
allegrettonne (accusative nominative singular)
allegrettonne (accusative nominative plural)
allegrettonne (accusative genitive singular)
allegrettonne (accusative genitive plural)
allegrettonne (genitive singular)
allegrettojenne (genitive plural)
allegrettoanne (partitive singular)
allegrettojanne (partitive plural)
allegretossanne (inessive singular)
allegretoissanne (inessive plural)
allegretostanne (elative singular)
allegretoistanne (elative plural)
allegrettoonne (illative singular)
allegrettoihinne (illative plural)
allegretollanne (adessive singular)
allegretoillanne (adessive plural)
allegretoltanne (ablative singular)
allegretoiltanne (ablative plural)
allegretollenne (allative singular)
allegretoillenne (allative plural)
allegrettonanne (essive singular)
allegrettoinanne (essive plural)
allegretoksenne (singular translative)
allegretoiksenne (plural translative)
allegretottanne (abessive singular)
allegretoittanne (abessive plural)
allegrettoinenne (comitative plural)
allegrettonsa (nominative singular)
allegrettonsa (nominative plural)
allegrettonsa (accusative nominative singular)
allegrettonsa (accusative nominative plural)
allegrettonsa (accusative genitive singular)
allegrettonsa (accusative genitive plural)
allegrettonsa (genitive singular)
allegrettojensa (genitive plural)
allegrettoaan (partitive singular)
allegrettoansa (partitive singular)
allegrettojaan (partitive plural)
allegrettojansa (partitive plural)
allegretossaan (inessive singular)
allegretossansa (inessive singular)
allegretoissaan (inessive plural)
allegretoissansa (inessive plural)
allegretostaan (elative singular)
allegretostansa (elative singular)
allegretoistaan (elative plural)
allegretoistansa (elative plural)
allegrettoonsa (illative singular)
allegrettoihinsa (illative plural)
allegretollaan (adessive singular)
allegretollansa (adessive singular)
allegretoillaan (adessive plural)
allegretoillansa (adessive plural)
allegretoltaan (ablative singular)
allegretoltansa (ablative singular)
allegretoiltaan (ablative plural)
allegretoiltansa (ablative plural)
allegretolleen (allative singular)
allegretollensa (allative singular)
allegretoilleen (allative plural)
allegretoillensa (allative plural)
allegrettonaan (essive singular)
allegrettonansa (essive singular)
allegrettoinaan (essive plural)
allegrettoinansa (essive plural)
allegretokseen (singular translative)
allegretoksensa (singular translative)
allegretoikseen (plural translative)
allegretoiksensa (plural translative)
allegretottaan (abessive singular)
allegretottansa (abessive singular)
allegretoittaan (abessive plural)
allegretoittansa (abessive plural)
allegrettoineen (comitative plural)
allegrettoinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈɑ̝lːe̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːo̞]

(music) allegretto (tempo mark; passage with this mark)


allegretto

[ˈɑ̝lːe̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːo̞]

(music) allegretto (in a rather fast and lively manner)


allegretto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.


allegretto

allegrettoen (definite singular)
allegrettoar (indefinite plural)
allegrettoane (definite plural)


clave

From Spanish clave, from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clef.

(music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.


clave

Learned borrowing from Latin clāvem. Doublet of chave.


clave

→ English: clave

Borrowed from Latin clāvis (“key”). Compare the inherited doublet llave.


cover artist

(music) A musical artist who makes a cover version of a song.


legato

Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate.

Play this passage legato, not portato.

(music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.


legato

en-noun

legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos)

It is the coördination of the finger and hand as examplified in the proportionate speed of shifting according to the speed of the musical passage, which makes for evenness, continuity, smoothness, and ultimately, a fine legato.

1936, Edward E. Cramer, The Basis of Artistry in Violin Playing, page 49:

At the end of the prelude of Caprice V, there is a chromatic ascending and descending scale of forty-eight notes to be played in one bow in legato.

1979, Leslie Sheppard, Herbert R. Axelrod ·, Paganini, page 604:

Clementi, in his "Introduction to the art of playing the piano-forte" (1801) still had to advise pianists that : "the best general rule is to keep the keys of the instrument suppressed during the whole length of the note" (p.8) and "whenver the composer leaves the legato or staccato to the taste of the performer, the best rule is to use the legato in most cases and to reserve the staccato in order to give particular passages more spirit and to enhance the higher beauties of the legato."

1989, Siglind Bruhn, Guidelines to Piano Interpretation, page 97:

(music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes.

It schools the mind to watch for the legato all the time, as its absence at the organ is mor prominent than at the piano; but beyond this point it renders little assitance to the pianist.

1893, The Organ: Monthly Journal Devoted to the King of Instruments, page 198:

A good pianist, however, will make his audience believe that he is as capable of performing a legato as is a singer or violinist.

1958, József Gát, The Technique of Piano Playing, page 95:

Legatos are indicated in both notations by a bow between respective notes.

(music) A passage that is played legato.


legato

eo-head

legato (uncountable, accusative legaton)


legato

pl-noun

legato n (indeclinable, related adjective legatowy)

legatowy (adjective)
legato (nominative singular)
legata (nominative plural)
legata (genitive singular)
legat (genitive plural)
legatu (dative singular)
legatom (dative plural)
legato (accusative singular)
legata (accusative plural)
legatem (instrumental singular)
legatami (instrumental plural)
legacie (locative singular)
legatach (locative plural)
legato (singular vocative)
legata (plural vocative)

(music) legato (style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes)


legato

pl-adj

legato (not comparable, no derived adverb)

(music) legato (describing a passage having this mark)


legato

legato (indefinite nominative singular)
legatot (definite nominative singular)
legaton (indefinite nominative plural)
legatona (definite nominative plural)
legatos (genitive indefinite singular)
legatots (definite genitive singular)
legatons (genitive indefinite plural)
legatonas (definite genitive plural)


arse

(poetry, music) arsis (the stronger part of a measure or foot)


duet

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”).

der

(music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).

дуе́т

a musical composition for two performers

(music) A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.


duet

duecik (diminutive)
duet (nominative singular)
duety (nominative plural)
duetu (genitive singular)
duetów (genitive plural)
duetowi (dative singular)
duetom (dative plural)
duet (accusative singular)
duety (accusative plural)
duetem (instrumental singular)
duetami (instrumental plural)
duecie (locative singular)
duetach (locative plural)
duecie (singular vocative)
duety (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Duett, from Italian duetto.

(music) duet (piece of music written for two musicians)


duet

duete (plural)
duet (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un duet (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
duetul (accusative definite nominative singular)
duete (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște duete (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
duetele (accusative definite nominative plural)
duet (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui duet (dative genitive indefinite singular)
duetului (dative definite genitive singular)
duete (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor duete (dative genitive indefinite plural)
duetelor (dative definite genitive plural)
duetule (singular vocative)
duetelor (plural vocative)


rok

(music) rock, a style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.


basso

From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.

(music) A bass singer, especially in opera.

(music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.

(music) The double bass, or contrabasso.


basso

basso (nominative singular)
bassot (nominative plural)
basso (accusative nominative singular)
bassot (accusative nominative plural)
basson (accusative genitive singular)
bassot (accusative genitive plural)
basson (genitive singular)
bassojen (genitive plural)
bassoa (partitive singular)
bassoja (partitive plural)
bassossa (inessive singular)
bassoissa (inessive plural)
bassosta (elative singular)
bassoista (elative plural)
bassoon (illative singular)
bassoihin (illative plural)
bassolla (adessive singular)
bassoilla (adessive plural)
bassolta (ablative singular)
bassoilta (ablative plural)
bassolle (allative singular)
bassoille (allative plural)
bassona (essive singular)
bassoina (essive plural)
bassoksi (singular translative)
bassoiksi (plural translative)
bassotta (abessive singular)
bassoitta (abessive plural)
bassoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
bassoni (nominative singular)
bassoni (nominative plural)
bassoni (accusative nominative singular)
bassoni (accusative nominative plural)
bassoni (accusative genitive singular)
bassoni (accusative genitive plural)
bassoni (genitive singular)
bassojeni (genitive plural)
bassoani (partitive singular)
bassojani (partitive plural)
bassossani (inessive singular)
bassoissani (inessive plural)
bassostani (elative singular)
bassoistani (elative plural)
bassooni (illative singular)
bassoihini (illative plural)
bassollani (adessive singular)
bassoillani (adessive plural)
bassoltani (ablative singular)
bassoiltani (ablative plural)
bassolleni (allative singular)
bassoilleni (allative plural)
bassonani (essive singular)
bassoinani (essive plural)
bassokseni (singular translative)
bassoikseni (plural translative)
bassottani (abessive singular)
bassoittani (abessive plural)
bassoineni (comitative plural)
bassosi (nominative singular)
bassosi (nominative plural)
bassosi (accusative nominative singular)
bassosi (accusative nominative plural)
bassosi (accusative genitive singular)
bassosi (accusative genitive plural)
bassosi (genitive singular)
bassojesi (genitive plural)
bassoasi (partitive singular)
bassojasi (partitive plural)
bassossasi (inessive singular)
bassoissasi (inessive plural)
bassostasi (elative singular)
bassoistasi (elative plural)
bassoosi (illative singular)
bassoihisi (illative plural)
bassollasi (adessive singular)
bassoillasi (adessive plural)
bassoltasi (ablative singular)
bassoiltasi (ablative plural)
bassollesi (allative singular)
bassoillesi (allative plural)
bassonasi (essive singular)
bassoinasi (essive plural)
bassoksesi (singular translative)
bassoiksesi (plural translative)
bassottasi (abessive singular)
bassoittasi (abessive plural)
bassoinesi (comitative plural)
bassomme (nominative singular)
bassomme (nominative plural)
bassomme (accusative nominative singular)
bassomme (accusative nominative plural)
bassomme (accusative genitive singular)
bassomme (accusative genitive plural)
bassomme (genitive singular)
bassojemme (genitive plural)
bassoamme (partitive singular)
bassojamme (partitive plural)
bassossamme (inessive singular)
bassoissamme (inessive plural)
bassostamme (elative singular)
bassoistamme (elative plural)
bassoomme (illative singular)
bassoihimme (illative plural)
bassollamme (adessive singular)
bassoillamme (adessive plural)
bassoltamme (ablative singular)
bassoiltamme (ablative plural)
bassollemme (allative singular)
bassoillemme (allative plural)
bassonamme (essive singular)
bassoinamme (essive plural)
bassoksemme (singular translative)
bassoiksemme (plural translative)
bassottamme (abessive singular)
bassoittamme (abessive plural)
bassoinemme (comitative plural)
bassonne (nominative singular)
bassonne (nominative plural)
bassonne (accusative nominative singular)
bassonne (accusative nominative plural)
bassonne (accusative genitive singular)
bassonne (accusative genitive plural)
bassonne (genitive singular)
bassojenne (genitive plural)
bassoanne (partitive singular)
bassojanne (partitive plural)
bassossanne (inessive singular)
bassoissanne (inessive plural)
bassostanne (elative singular)
bassoistanne (elative plural)
bassoonne (illative singular)
bassoihinne (illative plural)
bassollanne (adessive singular)
bassoillanne (adessive plural)
bassoltanne (ablative singular)
bassoiltanne (ablative plural)
bassollenne (allative singular)
bassoillenne (allative plural)
bassonanne (essive singular)
bassoinanne (essive plural)
bassoksenne (singular translative)
bassoiksenne (plural translative)
bassottanne (abessive singular)
bassoittanne (abessive plural)
bassoinenne (comitative plural)
bassonsa (nominative singular)
bassonsa (nominative plural)
bassonsa (accusative nominative singular)
bassonsa (accusative nominative plural)
bassonsa (accusative genitive singular)
bassonsa (accusative genitive plural)
bassonsa (genitive singular)
bassojensa (genitive plural)
bassoaan (partitive singular)
bassoansa (partitive singular)
bassojaan (partitive plural)
bassojansa (partitive plural)
bassossaan (inessive singular)
bassossansa (inessive singular)
bassoissaan (inessive plural)
bassoissansa (inessive plural)
bassostaan (elative singular)
bassostansa (elative singular)
bassoistaan (elative plural)
bassoistansa (elative plural)
bassoonsa (illative singular)
bassoihinsa (illative plural)
bassollaan (adessive singular)
bassollansa (adessive singular)
bassoillaan (adessive plural)
bassoillansa (adessive plural)
bassoltaan (ablative singular)
bassoltansa (ablative singular)
bassoiltaan (ablative plural)
bassoiltansa (ablative plural)
bassolleen (allative singular)
bassollensa (allative singular)
bassoilleen (allative plural)
bassoillensa (allative plural)
bassonaan (essive singular)
bassonansa (essive singular)
bassoinaan (essive plural)
bassoinansa (essive plural)
bassokseen (singular translative)
bassoksensa (singular translative)
bassoikseen (plural translative)
bassoiksensa (plural translative)
bassottaan (abessive singular)
bassottansa (abessive singular)
bassoittaan (abessive plural)
bassoittansa (abessive plural)
bassoineen (comitative plural)
bassoinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus (“thick, low”).

(music) bass (voice; low spectrum of sound tones)


basso

From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.


program

→ Malay: program

→ Tok Pisin: program

/ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/

/ˈpɹoːɡɹɑːm/

From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “I set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Doublet of programma.

program playback
playing tracks in a custom order


program

pl-noun

program m inan (diminutive programik, related adjective programowy)

programik (diminutive)
programowy (adjective)
program (nominative singular)
programy (nominative plural)
programu (genitive singular)
programów (genitive plural)
programowi (dative singular)
programom (dative plural)
program (accusative singular)
programy (accusative plural)
programem (instrumental singular)
programami (instrumental plural)
programie (locative singular)
programach (locative plural)
programie (singular vocative)
programy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French programme. First attested in the 19th cenetury.

ref

Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “program”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “program”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

(music) program (extra-musical element, e.g. a literary text, a painting to which the composer of a musical piece refers, signaling it in its title, playing a fundamental role in the listener's interpretation of the piece)


soprano

Borrowed from English soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super.


soprano

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

(music) soprano (the highest vocal range)


chant

From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.

(music) A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.

(music, Anglicanism) A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.


octet

An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".

(music) A group of eight musicians performing together.

oktet

(music) A composition for such a group of musicians.


cappella

desc

→ Friulian: capele (or directly from Latin)

desctree

→ German: Kapelle (“band”)
→ English: capelle, kapelle
→ Polish: kapela

→ Luxembourgish: Kapell

→ Norwegian Bokmål: cappella

→ Romanian: capelă

→ Russian: капе́лла (kapélla)
→ Crimean Tatar: kapella

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, from the diminutive of cappa.

(music) choir and accompanying musicians assigned to a church


ut

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

inh

(music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.


ut

Borrowed from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis.


ut

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis. Was replaced by do in the 17th century.


ut

ut (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un ut (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
utul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ut (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui ut (dative genitive indefinite singular)
utului (dative definite genitive singular)
utule (singular vocative)


quartet

From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.

The string quartet played some chamber music.

A group of four people or things, particularly

(music) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.

квартет

four musicians who perform a piece of music together

He composed a string quartet.

(music) A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.

(music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.


adagio

/əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/

/əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.

慢板

tempo mark indicating that music is to be played slowly


adagio

/əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/

/əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/


adagio

/əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/

/əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/

(music) Describing a passage having this mark.


adagio

adagio (absolutive indefinite)
adagioa (absolutive indefinite singular)
adagioak (absolutive indefinite plural)
adagiok (ergative indefinite)
adagioak (ergative indefinite singular)
adagioek (ergative indefinite plural)
adagiori (dative indefinite)
adagioari (dative indefinite singular)
adagioei (dative indefinite plural)
adagioren (genitive indefinite)
adagioaren (genitive indefinite singular)
adagioen (genitive indefinite plural)
adagiorekin (comitative indefinite)
adagioarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
adagioekin (comitative indefinite plural)
adagiorengatik (causative indefinite)
adagioarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
adagioengatik (causative indefinite plural)
adagiorentzat (benefactive indefinite)
adagioarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
adagioentzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
adagioz (indefinite instrumental)
adagioaz (indefinite instrumental singular)
adagioez (indefinite instrumental plural)
adagiotan (indefinite inessive)
adagioan (indefinite inessive singular)
adagioetan (indefinite inessive plural)
adagiotako (indefinite locative)
adagioko (indefinite locative singular)
adagioetako (indefinite locative plural)
adagiotara (allative indefinite)
adagiora (allative indefinite singular)
adagioetara (allative indefinite plural)
adagiotaraino (indefinite terminative)
adagioraino (indefinite singular terminative)
adagioetaraino (indefinite plural terminative)
adagiotarantz (directive indefinite)
adagiorantz (directive indefinite singular)
adagioetarantz (directive indefinite plural)
adagiotarako (destinative indefinite)
adagiorako (destinative indefinite singular)
adagioetarako (destinative indefinite plural)
adagiotatik (ablative indefinite)
adagiotik (ablative indefinite singular)
adagioetatik (ablative indefinite plural)
adagiorik (indefinite partitive)
adagiotzat (indefinite prolative)


adagio

nl-noun

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)

adagios (plural)
adagiootje (diminutive neuter)


adagio

adagio (adverbial positive predicative)
adagio (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
adagio (indefinite neuter positive singular)
adagio (indefinite plural positive)
adagio (definite positive)

(music) describing a passage having this mark


adagio

Borrowed from English adagio, from Italian adagio.

(music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully

adagio
(music) a passage having this mark


adagio

→ Dutch: adagio

→ English: adagio

→ French: adagio

→ Norwegian Bokmål: adagio

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: adagio

→ Polish: adagio

→ Portuguese: adágio

→ Romanian: adagio

→ Spanish: adagio

→ Swedish: adagio

Univerbation of ad (“at”) + agio (“ease”).


adagio

Borrowed from Italian adagio (“slowly”).


adagio

adagioen (definite singular)
adagioer (indefinite plural)
adagioene (definite plural)


adagio

adagioen (definite singular)
adagioar (indefinite plural)
adagioane (definite plural)


adagio

adagio (nominative singular)
adagia (nominative plural)
adagia (genitive singular)
adagiów (genitive plural)
adagiu (dative singular)
adagiom (dative plural)
adagio (accusative singular)
adagia (accusative plural)
adagiem (instrumental singular)
adagiami (instrumental plural)
adagiu (locative singular)
adagiach (locative plural)
adagio (singular vocative)
adagio (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagio. First attested in 1823.

ref

Kurjer Warszawski (in Polish), volume 3, t.2, number 167, 1823, page 1

(music) adagio (a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully)

(music) adagio (a passage having this mark)


adagio

pl-adj

adagio (not comparable, no derived adverb)

(music) adagio (describing a passage having this mark)


adagio

adagio (indefinite nominative singular)
adagiot (definite nominative singular)
adagion (indefinite nominative plural)
adagiona (definite nominative plural)
adagios (genitive indefinite singular)
adagiots (definite genitive singular)
adagions (genitive indefinite plural)
adagionas (definite genitive plural)


bœuf

Haitian Creole: bèf

Inherited from Middle French bœuf, from Old French buef, boef, from Latin bovem (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (compare English cow).
The music sense derives from the expression “faire un Bœuf”, after the Parisian cabaret-bar Le Bœuf sur le toit where jam sessions were held.

faire un bœuf


kit

en-noun

kit (countable and uncountable, plural kits)

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.
The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century.
The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.


gong

(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.


gong

id-noun

gong (first-person possessive gongku, second-person possessive gongmu, third-person possessive gongnya)

gongku (first-person possessive)
gongmu (possessive second-person)
gongnya (possessive third-person)


gong

ms-noun

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ, plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)

ݢوڠ (Jawi)
gong-gong (plural)
gongku (first-person informal possessive)
gongmu (possessive second-person)
gongnya (possessive third-person)

From Classical Malay [script needed] (gong), from Javanese gong.


gong

gongen (definite singular)
gonger (indefinite plural)
gongene (definite plural)


gong

gongen (definite singular)
gongar (indefinite plural)
gongane (definite plural)


offbeat

From off- + beat; not following the beat (e.g., of a drum that sounds out cadence).

The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.

(music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.


emcee

Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).

pronunciation spelling of

[…] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.

2021, Jehnie I. Burns, Mixtape Nostalgia: Culture, Memory, and Representation (page 138)

Alternative form of MC in its senses as
(music) A rapper.

Alternative form of MC in its senses as
A rapper.


emcee

en-verb

emcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)

emcees (present singular third-person)
emceeing (participle present)
emceed (participle past)
emceed (past)

(intransitive, music) To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.


reed

en-noun

reed (countable and uncountable, plural reeds)

From Middle English red, reed, from Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud, of uncertain origin.
Akin to Saterland Frisian Rait (“reed”), West Frisian reid (“reed”), Dutch riet (“reed”), German Ried (“reed”). No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳 (*hriud) was supposed by the brothers Grimm. They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the retas mentioned in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius). The measuring reed sense is the translation of Akkadian qanûm ("cane") used in the Bible and elsewhere.

(countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.

(countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.


retrograde

en-adj

retrograde (comparative more retrograde, superlative most retrograde)

more retrograde (comparative)
most retrograde (superlative)

The adjective is derived from Middle English retrograd, retrograde (“of a planet: appearing to move in a direction opposite to the order of the zodiac signs, retrograde; unfortunate”), from Middle French retrograde and Old French retrograde (“of a celestial object: appearing to move backwards; moving backwards; reverse; palindromic; opposed to change”) (modern French rétrograde), and from their etymon Latin retrōgradus (“of a celestial object: appearing to move backwards”) (compare Late Latin retrōgradus (“reverse; palindromic”)), from retrō (“back, backwards; behind; before, formerly”) + gradus (“pace, step”). By surface analysis, retro- + -grade.
The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.

cog

/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/

retrògrad

reverting to an inferior or less developed state — see also declining, regressing

Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.

(music) Having a passage of music played backwards.

retrògrad

having a passage of music played backwards


retrograde

/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/

(music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.


alto

Borrowed from Italian alto (“high”). Doublet of old.

SATB

Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.


album

pl-noun

album m inan (diminutive albumik, related adjective albumowy)

albumik (diminutive)
albumowy (adjective)
album (nominative singular)
albumy (nominative plural)
albumu (genitive singular)
albumów (genitive plural)
albumowi (dative singular)
albumom (dative plural)
album (accusative singular)
albumy (accusative plural)
albumem (instrumental singular)
albumami (instrumental plural)
albumie (locative singular)
albumach (locative plural)
albumie (singular vocative)
albumy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Album or French album. First attested in 1609.

ref

Jadwiga Chotkowska (11.06.2019) “ALBUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

(music) album (group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group)


nœud

Inherited from Old French neu, from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Doublet of knout.


puka

puka (indefinite nominative singular)
pukan (definite nominative singular)
pukor (indefinite nominative plural)
pukorna (definite nominative plural)
pukas (genitive indefinite singular)
pukans (definite genitive singular)
pukors (genitive indefinite plural)
pukornas (definite genitive plural)


niente

(music) totally silent, as a musical direction (abbreviated to n. or ∅ in sheet music)


tenor

en-noun

tenor (countable and uncountable, plural tenors)

From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from teneō (“I hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.

der

(music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

(archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.


tenor

id-noun

tenor (first-person possessive tenorku, second-person possessive tenormu, third-person possessive tenornya)

tenorku (first-person possessive)
tenormu (possessive second-person)
tenornya (possessive third-person)

* From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
* Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.

(music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

(music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.


tenor

tenor (nominative singular)
tenory (nominative plural)
tenoru (genitive singular)
tenorów (genitive plural)
tenorowi (dative singular)
tenorom (dative plural)
tenor (accusative singular)
tenory (accusative plural)
tenorem (instrumental singular)
tenorami (instrumental plural)
tenorze (locative singular)
tenorach (locative plural)
tenorze (singular vocative)
tenory (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

(music) tenor (musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto)


tenor

Borrowed from Italian tenore. Doublet of teor.


tenor

(music) tenor (of or relating to the tenor part or range)


motion

en-noun

motion (countable and uncountable, plural motions)

Inherited from Middle English mocioun, mocion, from Anglo-Norman motion, Middle French motion, and their etymon Latin mōtiō (“movement, motion”), related to movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).

der

perpetual motion machine of the first kind

perpetual motion machine of the second kind

The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint.

1878, George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians:

(music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)


coro

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico

Inherited from Old Spanish coro, borrowed from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

¡Amo el coro de esta canción!


sour

en-adj

sour (comparative sourer, superlative sourest)

sourer (comparative)
sourest (superlative)

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour”).
Cognate with West Frisian soer, Dutch zuur (“sour”), Low German suur, German sauer (“sour”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sur, French sur (“sour”), Faroese súrur (“sour”), Icelandic súr (“sour, bitter”),
Polish ser (“cheese”),
Czech sýr (“cheese”),
Slovak syr (“cheese”),
Russian сырой (syroj, “raw”),
Ukrainian сири́й (syrýj, “raw”),
Old Church Slavonic сꙑръ (syrŭ, “moist, cheese”).

cog

Unlike what the name implies, there is nothing inherently wrong with a sour note: It is perfectly well-tuned note that would sound normal in another context (and which presumably would not sound sour to someone unfamiliar with tonal music).

2010, Aniruddh D. Patel, Music, Language, and the Brain, page 201:


Eis

de-noun

Eis n (strong, genitive Eis, plural Eis)

Eis (genitive)
Eis (plural)
Eis (nominative singular)
Eis (definite nominative plural)
Eis (genitive singular)
Eis (definite genitive plural)
Eis (dative singular)
Eis (dative definite plural)
Eis (accusative singular)
Eis (accusative definite plural)


caixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese cajxa~qajxa (compare Portuguese caixa), probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja.


caixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese cajxa~qajxa, probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Sicilian cascia, Spanish caja.


metro

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

der

(poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


metro

→ Tagalog: metro


ess

fo-noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

ess (genitive singular)
ess (plural)
ess (indefinite nominative singular)
essið (definite nominative singular)
ess (indefinite nominative plural)
essini (definite nominative plural)
ess (accusative indefinite singular)
essið (accusative definite singular)
ess (accusative indefinite plural)
essini (accusative definite plural)
essi (dative indefinite singular)
essinum (dative definite singular)
essum (dative indefinite plural)
essunum (dative definite plural)
ess (genitive indefinite singular)
essins (definite genitive singular)
essa (genitive indefinite plural)
essanna (definite genitive plural)


ess

head

ess n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural ess)

ess (genitive singular)
ess (nominative plural)
ess (indefinite nominative singular)
essið (definite nominative singular)
ess (indefinite nominative plural)
essin (definite nominative plural)
ess (accusative indefinite singular)
essið (accusative definite singular)
ess (accusative indefinite plural)
essin (accusative definite plural)
essi (dative indefinite singular)
essinu (dative definite singular)
essum (dative indefinite plural)
essunum (dative definite plural)
ess (genitive indefinite singular)
essins (definite genitive singular)
essa (genitive indefinite plural)
essanna (definite genitive plural)


ess

essen (definite singular)
essar (indefinite plural)
essane (definite plural)


ess

ess (indefinite nominative singular)
esset (definite nominative singular)
ess (indefinite nominative plural)
essen (definite nominative plural)
ess (genitive indefinite singular)
essets (definite genitive singular)
ess (genitive indefinite plural)
essens (definite genitive plural)


tour

(music) tour, a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician


lista

lista (nominative singular)
listat (nominative plural)
lista (accusative nominative singular)
listat (accusative nominative plural)
listan (accusative genitive singular)
listat (accusative genitive plural)
listan (genitive singular)
listojen (genitive plural)
listain (genitive plural rare)
listaa (partitive singular)
listoja (partitive plural)
listassa (inessive singular)
listoissa (inessive plural)
listasta (elative singular)
listoista (elative plural)
listaan (illative singular)
listoihin (illative plural)
listalla (adessive singular)
listoilla (adessive plural)
listalta (ablative singular)
listoilta (ablative plural)
listalle (allative singular)
listoille (allative plural)
listana (essive singular)
listoina (essive plural)
listaksi (singular translative)
listoiksi (plural translative)
listatta (abessive singular)
listoitta (abessive plural)
listoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
listani (nominative singular)
listani (nominative plural)
listani (accusative nominative singular)
listani (accusative nominative plural)
listani (accusative genitive singular)
listani (accusative genitive plural)
listani (genitive singular)
listojeni (genitive plural)
listaini (genitive plural rare)
listaani (partitive singular)
listojani (partitive plural)
listassani (inessive singular)
listoissani (inessive plural)
listastani (elative singular)
listoistani (elative plural)
listaani (illative singular)
listoihini (illative plural)
listallani (adessive singular)
listoillani (adessive plural)
listaltani (ablative singular)
listoiltani (ablative plural)
listalleni (allative singular)
listoilleni (allative plural)
listanani (essive singular)
listoinani (essive plural)
listakseni (singular translative)
listoikseni (plural translative)
listattani (abessive singular)
listoittani (abessive plural)
listoineni (comitative plural)
listasi (nominative singular)
listasi (nominative plural)
listasi (accusative nominative singular)
listasi (accusative nominative plural)
listasi (accusative genitive singular)
listasi (accusative genitive plural)
listasi (genitive singular)
listojesi (genitive plural)
listaisi (genitive plural rare)
listaasi (partitive singular)
listojasi (partitive plural)
listassasi (inessive singular)
listoissasi (inessive plural)
listastasi (elative singular)
listoistasi (elative plural)
listaasi (illative singular)
listoihisi (illative plural)
listallasi (adessive singular)
listoillasi (adessive plural)
listaltasi (ablative singular)
listoiltasi (ablative plural)
listallesi (allative singular)
listoillesi (allative plural)
listanasi (essive singular)
listoinasi (essive plural)
listaksesi (singular translative)
listoiksesi (plural translative)
listattasi (abessive singular)
listoittasi (abessive plural)
listoinesi (comitative plural)
listamme (nominative singular)
listamme (nominative plural)
listamme (accusative nominative singular)
listamme (accusative nominative plural)
listamme (accusative genitive singular)
listamme (accusative genitive plural)
listamme (genitive singular)
listojemme (genitive plural)
listaimme (genitive plural rare)
listaamme (partitive singular)
listojamme (partitive plural)
listassamme (inessive singular)
listoissamme (inessive plural)
listastamme (elative singular)
listoistamme (elative plural)
listaamme (illative singular)
listoihimme (illative plural)
listallamme (adessive singular)
listoillamme (adessive plural)
listaltamme (ablative singular)
listoiltamme (ablative plural)
listallemme (allative singular)
listoillemme (allative plural)
listanamme (essive singular)
listoinamme (essive plural)
listaksemme (singular translative)
listoiksemme (plural translative)
listattamme (abessive singular)
listoittamme (abessive plural)
listoinemme (comitative plural)
listanne (nominative singular)
listanne (nominative plural)
listanne (accusative nominative singular)
listanne (accusative nominative plural)
listanne (accusative genitive singular)
listanne (accusative genitive plural)
listanne (genitive singular)
listojenne (genitive plural)
listainne (genitive plural rare)
listaanne (partitive singular)
listojanne (partitive plural)
listassanne (inessive singular)
listoissanne (inessive plural)
listastanne (elative singular)
listoistanne (elative plural)
listaanne (illative singular)
listoihinne (illative plural)
listallanne (adessive singular)
listoillanne (adessive plural)
listaltanne (ablative singular)
listoiltanne (ablative plural)
listallenne (allative singular)
listoillenne (allative plural)
listananne (essive singular)
listoinanne (essive plural)
listaksenne (singular translative)
listoiksenne (plural translative)
listattanne (abessive singular)
listoittanne (abessive plural)
listoinenne (comitative plural)
listansa (nominative singular)
listansa (nominative plural)
listansa (accusative nominative singular)
listansa (accusative nominative plural)
listansa (accusative genitive singular)
listansa (accusative genitive plural)
listansa (genitive singular)
listojensa (genitive plural)
listainsa (genitive plural rare)
listaansa (partitive singular)
listojaan (partitive plural)
listojansa (partitive plural)
listassaan (inessive singular)
listassansa (inessive singular)
listoissaan (inessive plural)
listoissansa (inessive plural)
listastaan (elative singular)
listastansa (elative singular)
listoistaan (elative plural)
listoistansa (elative plural)
listaansa (illative singular)
listoihinsa (illative plural)
listallaan (adessive singular)
listallansa (adessive singular)
listoillaan (adessive plural)
listoillansa (adessive plural)
listaltaan (ablative singular)
listaltansa (ablative singular)
listoiltaan (ablative plural)
listoiltansa (ablative plural)
listalleen (allative singular)
listallensa (allative singular)
listoilleen (allative plural)
listoillensa (allative plural)
listanaan (essive singular)
listanansa (essive singular)
listoinaan (essive plural)
listoinansa (essive plural)
listakseen (singular translative)
listaksensa (singular translative)
listoikseen (plural translative)
listoiksensa (plural translative)
listattaan (abessive singular)
listattansa (abessive singular)
listoittaan (abessive plural)
listoittansa (abessive plural)
listoineen (comitative plural)
listoinensa (comitative plural)

(music) record chart (ranking of music according to popularity during a given period of time).


குரு

kuru (romanization)
குரு (nominative singular)
குருக்கள் (nominative plural)
குருவே (singular vocative)
குருக்களே (plural vocative)
குருவை (accusative singular)
குருக்களை (accusative plural)
குருக்கு (dative singular)
குருக்களுக்கு (dative plural)
குருக்காக (benefactive singular)
குருக்களுக்காக (benefactive plural)
குருவுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
குருக்களுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
குருவின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
குருக்களின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
குருவில் (locative locative-i singular)
குருக்களில் (locative locative-i plural)
குருவிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
குருக்களிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
குருவோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
குருக்களோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
குருவுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
குருக்களுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
குருவால் (instrumental singular)
குருக்களால் (instrumental plural)
குருவிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
குருக்களிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

From Sanskrit गुरु (guru). In the case of its usage to refer to the planet Jupiter, it refers to the god Brihaspati as the advisor of the gods.

(music) a variety of aṇkam, which consists of eight akṣara-kālam


cult

Derived from French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”).

(neologism, music) Alternative form of kvlt.


longa

longæ (plural)
longe (plural)
longas (plural)

(music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.


longa

la-noun

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

longae (genitive)
longa (nominative singular)
longae (nominative plural)
longae (genitive singular)
longārum (genitive plural)
longae (dative singular)
longīs (dative plural)
longam (accusative singular)
longās (accusative plural)
longā (ablative singular)
longīs (ablative plural)
longa (singular vocative)
longae (plural vocative)

→ English: longa

(music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)


longa

(music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)


breakdown

en-noun

breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)

sınma

failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature

And now it's time for a breakdown.

1992 March 11, James Brown, Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster, John Starks, Fred Wesley (lyrics and music), “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)”, in Funky Divas, performed by En Vogue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.: EastWest Records, →OCLC:

The fired-up foursome [Trial] takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns.

1999 August 16, Amy Sciarretto, “Loud Rock”, in Glen Sansone, editor, CMJ New Music Report, volume 59, number 9 (number 631 overall), Great Neck, N.Y.: College Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 2:

Izzy [Stradlin] lays down some big chords while Slash plays the song's banjo breakdown of a theme.

2008 August, Stephen Davis, “Victory or Death”, in Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses, New York, N.Y.: Gotham Books, →ISBN, page 102:

A part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down (for example, played by fewer instruments or a solo performer).

breikki

percussion break
percussion break#English

Synonym of percussion break (“a percussion-focused segment of a song, chosen by a hip-hop DJ to manipulate through cutting, mixing, and other techniques in order to create rhythmic music”)

percussion break

Without a change of countenance, as if he were deaf to her entreaties and threats, he tuned up the banjo, and played a breakdown.

1898, Charles Garvice, chapter I, in Nell, of Shorne Mills; or, One Heart’s Burden, [S.l.]: Good Press, published 2019:

The banjo built up to breakdown speed and then took a sidestep into another register, an oddly complex net of notes which stretched out for a time and finally stopped on a full rest.

1989, Madison Smartt Bell, chapter 21, in Soldier’s Joy, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, →ISBN, part II (Follow Me Down (1970–71)), page 186:

Her mother had not only gotten knocked up and lost her man when Sunset was thirteen, she soon took up with a traveling shoe salesman who played the banjo, wandered away with him and his shoes, probably to the sound of a banjo breakdown, leaving a note that read: "Sorry, Sunset, I got to go. Mama loves you. I left you a good pair of shoes in there on the kitchen table. They shine up easy."

2004, Joe R[ichard] Lansdale, chapter 8, in Sunset and Sawdust (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 65:

The grown-ups were lolling around on the porch and in the yard, finger snapping and foot tapping while Samuel played "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on his five-string banjo.

2011, Jenny Wingfield, chapter 12, in The Homecoming of Samuel Lake […], trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published 2012, →ISBN, page 98:

(music) A piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo.


relative

[ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv]

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).

نِسْبِيّ

conditional; depending on something else

(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.


pick

From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.
Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)).

inh

(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.


pick

en-verb

pick (third-person singular simple present picks, present participle picking, simple past and past participle picked)

picks (present singular third-person)
picking (participle present)
picked (participle past)
picked (past)

dərmək

to remove a fruit or plant for consumption

whakatete

to pick a fight or argument with someone

He picked a tune on his banjo.

(music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.

zupfen

music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument


breve

From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”).

(music) A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.


breve

Probably a borrowing from Latin brevis (“short”) (compare Spanish breve, where *brieve would be expected if the term were inherited), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

(music) a double whole note (US) or breve (UK)


furniture

en-noun

furniture (usually uncountable, plural furnitures)

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).


hardcore

en-adj

hardcore (comparative more hardcore, superlative most hardcore)

more hardcore (comparative)
most hardcore (superlative)

From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

(music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

duro

faster or more intense than the regular style


hardcore

hardcore (nominative singular)
hardcore'u (genitive singular)
hardcore'owi (dative singular)
hardcore (accusative singular)
hardcore'em (instrumental singular)
hardcorze (locative singular)
hardcorze (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English hardcore.

ubor

(music) hardcore (hardcore punk or techno music)


קסילופון

he-noun

קְסִילוֹפוֹן

קְסִילוֹפוֹנִים

קְסִילוֹפוֹן • (ksilofón) m (plural indefinite קְסִילוֹפוֹנִים)

קְסִילוֹפוֹן (canonical)
ksilofón (romanization)
קְסִילוֹפוֹנִים (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from English xylophone; a classical compound (modern coinage), with components derived from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) and φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).


axeman

Ex-Aerosmith axeman Joe Perry has finished recording his first solo effort, "I've Got the Rock 'n' Rolls Again."

1981 June 18, Kurt Loder, “Rolling Stone”, in Anchorage Daily News / King Features Syndicate, page G6:

(informal, music) A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone.


dolce

From Italian dolce. Doublet of douce, doux, and dulce.


agitato

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a restless agitated style.


agitato

(music) Played in a restless agitated style.


agitato

(music) Describing a passage having this mark.


agitato

Borrowed from Italian agitato. Doublet of agité.


agitato

Borrowed from Italian agitato. Doublet of agitado.

(music) agitato (played in a restless, agitated style)


gamut

1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale. Meaning later extended to mean all the notes of a scale, and then more generally any complete range.

(music) All the notes in a musical scale.


phase

From New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φάω (pháō, “to shine”); compare phantasm and see face.

vaihe

rugby union: period of play between breakdowns

(music) A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies


Terz

Terz (genitive)
Terzen (plural)
Terz (nominative singular)
Terzen (definite nominative plural)
Terz (genitive singular)
Terzen (definite genitive plural)
Terz (dative singular)
Terzen (dative definite plural)
Terz (accusative singular)
Terzen (accusative definite plural)

(music) A third; an interval of 3 (kleine Terz, minor third) or 4 (große Terz, major third) semitones.


Septime

de-noun

Septime f (genitive Septime, plural Septimen)

Septime (genitive)
Septimen (plural)
Septime (nominative singular)
Septimen (definite nominative plural)
Septime (genitive singular)
Septimen (definite genitive plural)
Septime (dative singular)
Septimen (dative definite plural)
Septime (accusative singular)
Septimen (accusative definite plural)

(music) A seventh; an interval of 10 (kleine Septime, minor seventh) or 11 (große Septime, major seventh) semitones.


Sexte

Sexte (genitive)
Sexten (plural)
Sexte (nominative singular)
Sexten (definite nominative plural)
Sexte (genitive singular)
Sexten (definite genitive plural)
Sexte (dative singular)
Sexten (dative definite plural)
Sexte (accusative singular)
Sexten (accusative definite plural)

(music) A sixth; an interval of 8 (kleine Sexte, minor sixth) or 9 (große Sexte, major sixth) semitones.


Sekunde

Sekunde f (genitive Sekunde, plural Sekunden, diminutive Sekündchen n)

Sekunde (genitive)
Sekunden (plural)
Sekündchen (diminutive neuter)
Sekunde (nominative singular)
Sekunden (definite nominative plural)
Sekunde (genitive singular)
Sekunden (definite genitive plural)
Sekunde (dative singular)
Sekunden (dative definite plural)
Sekunde (accusative singular)
Sekunden (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin secunda. The units of time and angle are from pars minuta secunda (literally “second minute part”).

(music) A second, an interval of 1 (kleine Sekunde, minor second) or 2 (große Sekunde, major second) semitones.


patch

From Middle English patche, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier Middle English placche (“patch, spot, piece of cloth”), from Old English *plæċċ, *pleċċ (“a spot, mark, patch”), from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). For the loss of l compare pat from Middle English platten. Germanic cognates would then include Middle English plecke, dialectal English pleck (“plot of ground, patch”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, piece, patch”), Dutch plek (“spot, place, stain, patch”), Dutch plak (“piece, slab”), Swedish plagg (“garment”), Faroese plagg (“cloth, rag”).
Or, possibly a variant of Old French pieche, dialectal variant of piece (“piece”). Compare also Old Occitan petaç (“patch”).

tilkku

small piece of material used to clean a gun barrel

flejtuch

piece of greased cloth used to fit a rifle ball to the bore

A synthesizer comes with controls to store patches and edit them. Some high-end synthesizers even have floppy disks for additional patch storage.

1988 November 28, “MIDI: Computers and Music”, in U-M Computing News, volume 3, number 21, The University of Michigan Computing Center, page 11:

(music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).


professor

ca-noun

professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)

professors (plural)
professora (feminine)


Oktave

de-noun

Oktave f (genitive Oktave, plural Oktaven)

Oktave (genitive)
Oktaven (plural)
Oktave (nominative singular)
Oktaven (definite nominative plural)
Oktave (genitive singular)
Oktaven (definite genitive plural)
Oktave (dative singular)
Oktaven (dative definite plural)
Oktave (accusative singular)
Oktaven (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German octāv, from Medieval Latin octava (“eighth”).

(music) An interval of 12 semitones; an octave.


rote

From Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin”).

extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes

1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

(music) A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.


quarte

quarte juste


klavír

klavír (nominative singular)
klavíry (nominative plural)
klavíra (genitive singular)
klavírov (genitive plural)
klavíru (dative singular)
klavírom (dative plural)
klavír (accusative singular)
klavíry (accusative plural)
klavíri (locative singular)
klavíroch (locative plural)
klavírom (instrumental singular)
klavírmi (instrumental plural)

Derived from German Klavier (“piano”), from Latin clavis (“key”).


blue note

(idiomatic, music) The flatted 5th scale degree in the blues scale, also known as the flat five.

(idiomatic, music) Any of the notes that produce the characteristic clashes with the underlying harmony associated with blues music. The flatted third, flatted fifth and flatted seventh can all be considered blue notes when played over major or dominant chord progressions, while only the flatted fifth will clash with minor chord progressions.


fade

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).


quinte

quinte juste

quinte augmentée

quinte diminuée

fausse quinte

(music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)


maestro

Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magister (“master”). Doublet of magister, master, and meister.

doublet

You've never been on a ride like this before; with a producer who can rap and control the maestro.

1992, “Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang”, in Andre R. Young, Tracy Curry, Calvin Broadus, Leon Haywood (lyrics), Andre R. Young (music), The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg), Death Row Records:

(chiefly music) A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.


maestro

it-noun

maestro m (plural maestri, feminine maestra)

→ English: maestro

→ Estonian: maestro

→ Finnish: maestro

→ French: maestro

→ Polish: maestro

→ Portuguese: maestro

→ Romanian: maestru

→ Russian: маэстро (maestro)

→ Serbo-Croatian: maestro / маестро

→ Turkish: maestro

→ Ukrainian: мае́стро (maéstro)

From Latin magistrum. Doublet of mastro.


maestro

pt-noun

maestro m (plural maestros, feminine maestrina, feminine plural maestrinas)

maestros (plural)
maestrina (feminine)
maestrinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of mestre, magíster, máster, and míster.

doublet

(music) conductor (person who conducts an orchestra)


maestro

maèstro (canonical masculine)
маѐстро (Cyrillic)
maestro (nominative singular)
maestri (nominative plural)
maestra (genitive singular)
maestara (genitive plural)
maestra (genitive plural)
maestru (dative singular)
maestrima (dative plural)
maestra (accusative singular)
maestre (accusative plural)
maestro (singular vocative)
maestri (plural vocative)
maestru (locative singular)
maestrima (locative plural)
maestrom (instrumental singular)
maestrima (instrumental plural)

(music) maestro (unofficial title of distinguished musicians, especially conductors)


maestro

maestro (indefinite nominative uncountable)
maestron (definite nominative uncountable)
maestros (genitive indefinite uncountable)
maestrons (definite genitive uncountable)


maestro

tl-noun

maestro (feminine maestra, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ or ᜋᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

maestra (feminine)
ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
ᜋᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish maestro, from Latin magister, magistrum. Compare Kapampangan mestru and English master. Doublet of mister.


pad

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", probably from Low German or West Flemish pad (“sole of the foot”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to pass”), which would make it related to both path and find.

unk

probably

(music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.