BS: Nota bene for musicians

Subject: Nota bene for musicians
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:40 AM

As anyone who has read any of my posts will have gathered, I know nothing about music.
However, I am always willing to learn, and having found a useful aide memoire I thought I would share with the rest of you.
p = piano (soft)- the neighbours have complained
f = forte (loud) - the neighbours are out
Crescendo = getting louder - testing the neighbours' tolerance level
ff = fortissimo (VERY loud) - to hell with the neighbours
pp = pianissimo (VERY soft) = the neighbours are at the door
Dim (see also "skiffler") = thick
Obbligato =being forced to practice
Rit (and/or) Rall = coming up to the bit where you HAVEN'T practised
Con moto = I have a car
Allegro = a little motor car
Maestro = a bigger motor car
Metronome = a person small enough to fir comfortably into a Mini
Lento = the days leading up to Easto (with eggo and choco and things)
Largo = brewed in Germany (Hence "Handel's largo reaches parts other beers cannot reach")
Piu Animato = if you don't clean that rabbit out it will have to go

If you have any additions that might help me further please post them
If you think I'm beyond help then just let the thread die.
RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 04:09 AM

Pizzicato = A pizza with avocado and cats. Ritornado = Beethoven's "storm" sequence in his symphony no. 6.

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: Giac
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 12:05 PM

moderato - only consuming largo in small quantities.

descant - letting largo breathe.

tranquillo - the feeling one gets after consuming largo other than moderato.

ppp - what you have to do after so much largo.

con spirito - having way too much largo and playing music with your dead grandmother.

andante con moto - and your aunty and mother.

larghetto - the pounding headache that resulted from above activities.

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: wysiwyg
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 12:16 PM

con brio = serve with a nice cold beer

a capella = time of day to call MMario for a song

sforzando = The Mbo effect on a folk tune (a good thing)

andante = a hellish speed

allegro = so fast it makes your head spin and leak mucus

poco = picky, picky

fartissimo con vegemite = (Think about it.)

fugue = Mudcat cleaning process when too many strident voices are arguing for ascendancy and have not kept to their parts

RtS, if you are beyond hope you are apparently in good company, and we will all have to go together, concertante.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 12:25 PM

DC = Da Capo---da ting you sticka on da strings an make em go higher

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: Giac
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 12:45 PM

Al Fine - used to be a sports writer, no wait, his name was finney, and i'm not sure it was al. Oh nevermind.

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: wysiwyg
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 12:54 PM

Molto fortissimo = loud enough to make the canary's feathers drop off.

Marcato = Stingingly, like a Green Hornet

Staccato = with the clacking sound of wooden heels (flamenco)

Staccato furioso = Certain Mudcatters posting at one another (you know who you are, dears)

Legato = the continuous whining sound made by a man seeing legs that go up to THERE

Basso continuo = [sorry; always seem to end up back at Catspaw]

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 01:54 PM

Nota bene: musicians playing for free, not for profit.

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: jeffp
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 02:40 PM

Basso continuo = The season for largemouth is not yet open.

jeffp

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: Grab
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:03 PM

DS - abbrev. of "Where's that Damn Squiggle gone"?!

Basso profundo - The Dalai Largemouth

Rubato - Foot massage

Grab.

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: Bert
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 04:15 PM

Susan, I always thought "a capella" meant "I don't know the chords"

Subject: RE: BS: Nota bene for musicians
From: wysiwyg
Date: 02 Apr 01 - 06:09 PM

Yes bert, where you smack your hand on your forehead and exclaim, "We'll have to do it a capella!"

Or, a capella = where to glue the toupee. What a dozey lot eh Bert M'dear; all these should have been italicized. FAQ THREAD SEZ HOW!

~S~

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