7.10.2009

5 Music Terms For The Day

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Prestissimo - Very, very fast. The fastest tempo.

Run - A rapid scale passage. 

Sinistra - Left hand.

Tre - Three. Used with other terms, e.g. a tre voci, in three parts.

Appoggiatura - A nonharmonic tone, usually a half or whole step above the harmonic tone, which is performed on the beat and then resolved. 




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