Musical Terms 3

Question 1

Frog

Answer 1

end of the bow in a string players hand

Question 2

Glissando

Answer 2

(“gliss.”) sliding between two pitches

Question 3

Grand Pause

Answer 3

G.P. - an extended rest for all performers

Question 4

Grosse caisse

Answer 4

bass drum. (sometimes “Grand caisse”)

Question 5

Langsam

Answer 5

slowly

Question 6

Largamente

Answer 6

broadly

Question 7

Largando

Answer 7

gradually broadening

Question 8

Legato

Answer 8

smoothly, with no space in between notes

Question 9

Leggiero

Answer 9

lightly

Question 10

L’istesso tempo

Answer 10

same tempo

Question 11

Luftpause

Answer 11

a short pause (literally “air pause” in German), with or without taking a breath

Question 12

Lunga

Answer 12

Long

Question 13

Maestoso

Answer 13

majestically

Question 14

Marcato

Answer 14

(“marc.”) marked and accented

Question 15

Messa di voce

Answer 15

a slight crescendo and the decrescendo on a note

Question 16

Molto

Answer 16

much, very, a lot, as in Molto legato

Question 17

Morendo

Answer 17

dying away

Question 18

Ostinato

Answer 18

repeated pattern

Question 19

Parlando

Answer 19

spoken style, clear and crisp

Question 20

Pauken

Answer 20

timpani (German)

Question 21

Pesante

Answer 21

heavy

Question 22

Picardy third

Answer 22

the raised third in a minor key usually at the final cadence of a piece

Question 23

Pizzicato

Answer 23

“pizz.” plucked string

Question 24

Quodlibet

Answer 24

a composition developed by combining movements/melodies/or texts

Question 25

Rallentando

Answer 25

Rall. Gradually slowing

Question 26

Risoluto

Answer 26

boldly, decisively (“resolved”)