Allregretto
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When you’re 16 bars into a piece and realize you started
at too fast a tempo
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Angus Dei
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To play with a divinely beefy tone
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A Patella
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Accompanied by knee-slapping
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Appologgiatura
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A composition that you regret playing
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Approximatura
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A series of notes not intended by the composer, yet played
with an “I meant to do that” attitude
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Approximento
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A musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the
correct pitch
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Cacophany
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A composition incorporating many people with chest colds
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Coral Symphony
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A large, multi-movement work from Beethoven’s Caribbean
Period
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Dill Piccolini
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An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes
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Fermantra
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A note held over and over and over and over and…
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Fermoota
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A note of dubious value held for indefinite length
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Fiddler Crabs
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Grumpy string players
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Flute Flies
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Those tiny mosquitoes that bother musicians on outdoor gigs
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Frugalhorn
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A sensible and inexpensive brass instrument
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Gaul Blatter
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A French horn player
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Gregorian Champ
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The title bestowed upon the monk who can hold a note the longest
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Ground Hog
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Someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won’t
let anyone else play it
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Placebo Domingo
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A faux tenor
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Schmalzando
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A sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo band
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The Right Of Strings
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Manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Violists
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Spritzicato
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An indication to string instruments to produce a bright and
bubbly sound
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Tempo Tantrum
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What an elementary school orchestra is having when it doesn’t
follow the conductor
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Trouble Clef
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Any clef one can’t read, e.g., alto clef for pianists
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Vesuvioso
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An indication to build up to a fiery conclusion
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Vibratto
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Child prodigy son of the concertmaster
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