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A variety of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings.
Italian term Literal translation Definition Banda: band: Small music ensemble used as a supplement to the orchestra in an opera Comprimario: with the first: Supporting role Concertino: little concert: Smaller, more virtuosic group of musicians in a concerto grosso: Convenienze: conveniences
FRIO is known for merging musical genres from different world cultures such as Flamenco, R&B, ballad, vallenato and electronica, among others. He became known in Colombia with his first single "No Me Da La Gana", a fusion of genres such as ballads, pop, electronica and rock.
Frio (musician), stage name of Edwin Rojas Restrepo, a Colombian singer-songwriter born in New York; Frío, a 1994 Spanish-language album by Robi Draco Rosa "Frío (song)", a song by Ricky Martin from his 2011 album Música + Alma + Sexo "Frío", a song by Fey from her 2012 album Primera Fila
a song form which started as a street snail-vendor's song in Zarzuela (a popular Spanish form of operetta) cartageneras song form derived from the taranta, with a florid vocal line, more "artistic" and decorative than forceful and rough castañuelas castanets cejilla capotasto or capo, used by guitarists to raise tone of all strings; a ...
In musical terminology, divisi, or as typically printed “div.,” is an instruction to divide a single section of instruments into multiple subsections. [1] This usually applies to the violins of the string section in an orchestra , although violas , cellos , and double basses can also be divided. [ 2 ]
Diminution is also the term for the proportional shortening of the value of individual note-shapes in mensural notation, either by coloration or by a sign of proportion. A minor or perfect interval that is narrowed by a chromatic semitone is a diminished interval, and the process may be referred to as diminution (this, too, was sometimes ...
The term "hammer-ons from nowhere" [citation needed] is commonly employed when crossing strings and relying solely on fretting hand strength to produce a note but on a plucked string. Many guitar virtuosos are well-versed in the legato technique, as it allows for rapid and "clean" runs.