Thanks to my friend, Derek for sending me these:
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adagio formaggio: in a slow and cheesy manner
a la regretto: tempo assigned to a performance by the conductor AFTER it is panned by the local music critics
al dente con tableau: in opera, chew the scenery
allegro con brillo: the fastest way to wash pots and pans
an Dante: a musical composition that is Infernally slow
Angus Dei: a divine, beefy tone
antiphonal: referring to the prohibition of cell phones in the concert hall
a patella: unaccompanied knee-slapping
appologgiatura: an ornament you regret after playing it
approximatura: a series of notes played by a performer and not intended by the composer, usually disguised with an air of "I meant to do that."
approximento: a musical entrance that is somewhat close to the correct pitch, time, and temp.
baffoon: a babboon with a bassoon
barbie dolce: sweet, but plastic
basso continuo: game fishing after the legal season has ended
basso refundo: the sad, but predictable consequence of the ill-fated "Three Basses" concert tour
brake drum: an instrument used for slowing the tempo in an orchestra
bull horn: a brass instrument that plays notes you wouldn't believe
cacoughany: a composition incorporating many people with chest colds
carmina banana: a medieval musical plantain
concerto grosso: a REALLY BAD performance
contrababoon: the simian assistant of a Latin American revolutionary organ grinder
Coral Symphony: (see: Beethoven - Caribbean period)
cornetti trombosis: disastrous entanglement of brass instruments that can occur when musicians are not careful exiting the stage. Has also been known to occur in marching bands.
crashendo: the increasing sense of aggravation felt by band members as those trumpet players keep dropping their mutes on the hard stage floor.
d.c. al capone: You betta go back to the beginning, capeesh?
dill piccolo: a wind instrument that plays only sour notes
diminnuendo: the process of quieting a rumor in the orchestra pit
etude brute: an early form of Roman music performed with a rapid, sharp repetitive beat
fermantra: a note that is held over and over and over and.....
fermattahorn: an Alpine wind instrument used for playing long notes
fermoota: a rest of indefinite length and dubious value
fiddler crabs: grumpy string players
flute flies: gnat-like bugs that bother musicians playing out-of-doors
fog horn: a brass instrument that plays when the conductor's intentions are not clear
follyphonic: harmonized and arranged badly
fortississippi: with mighty, flowing strength
frugalhorn: the instrument you buy when you can't afford the one you REALLY want
frutti tutti: what you have in the gay men's chorus
Gaul blatter: a French horn player
grace note: the I.O.U. you deposit in the church collection plate when you're out of cash
gregorian champ: monk who can hold a note the longest
ground brass: when someone in the marching band drops a sousaphone
groundhog: someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won't let others play it
Herbert von Carryon: a conductor who never rides in the cargo hold
hyperportamento: a tone that soars, bends and strains until it pierces into another dimension and leaves, ever after, a porthole to heaven
kvetchendo: gradually getting ANNOYINGLY louder
maestrousseau: at the pace of a wedding march
mallade: a romantic song that's pretty awful
caffinato: play loudly enough to wake up those sleeping in the audience
oeuferture: musical composition commissioned by the National Egg Marketing Council
oraToro: a lawn mower may be substituted for the soloist at this point
opera buffa: musical stage production at a nudist camp
pastorale: beverage to drink in the country when listening to Beethoven with a member of the clergy
pipe smoker: an extremely virtuosic organist
Placebo Domingo: faux tenor
pollyphonic: orchestra made up of lots of parrots
poochini: the result when your dog accompanies your aria as you practice
Pre-Classical Conservatism: school of thought which fostered the idea, "If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it."
praylude: a cue, found in some of the earlier oratorios, instructing those singing the roles of the wicked to pray in a profane or offensive manner
pseudo-dolce: Nutrasweet
The Rights of Strings: manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Bowed Instruments (thought to be penned by Stravinsky)
rubato: cross between rhubarb and a tomato
Schmaltzando: a sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo orchestra
snacktus: quiet, contemplative music played during the appetizer at Catholic wedding receptions
Sosaphone: a cylindrical wooden instrument used to play smash hits (Go Sammy, Go Cubs!!!)
spritzicato: plucking of a stringed instrument to produce a bright, bubbly sound, usually accompanied by sparkling water with lemon
status cymbals: your Zildjians that you just HAVE to show off
tempo tantrum: what the conductor has when the orchestra can't keep up with him/her
tincanabulation: the annoying or irritating sounds made by an unmusical person using extremely cheap bells
toiletto: the effect on the human voice of reverberation in small rooms with ceramic tiles
trouble clef: any clef one can't read; e.g. the alto or tenor clefs for keyboard players
woodwind: the noise made by a golf club being swung and missing the ball
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adagio formaggio: in a slow and cheesy manner
a la regretto: tempo assigned to a performance by the conductor AFTER it is panned by the local music critics
al dente con tableau: in opera, chew the scenery
allegro con brillo: the fastest way to wash pots and pans
an Dante: a musical composition that is Infernally slow
Angus Dei: a divine, beefy tone
antiphonal: referring to the prohibition of cell phones in the concert hall
a patella: unaccompanied knee-slapping
appologgiatura: an ornament you regret after playing it
approximatura: a series of notes played by a performer and not intended by the composer, usually disguised with an air of "I meant to do that."
approximento: a musical entrance that is somewhat close to the correct pitch, time, and temp.
baffoon: a babboon with a bassoon
barbie dolce: sweet, but plastic
basso continuo: game fishing after the legal season has ended
basso refundo: the sad, but predictable consequence of the ill-fated "Three Basses" concert tour
brake drum: an instrument used for slowing the tempo in an orchestra
bull horn: a brass instrument that plays notes you wouldn't believe
cacoughany: a composition incorporating many people with chest colds
carmina banana: a medieval musical plantain
concerto grosso: a REALLY BAD performance
contrababoon: the simian assistant of a Latin American revolutionary organ grinder
Coral Symphony: (see: Beethoven - Caribbean period)
cornetti trombosis: disastrous entanglement of brass instruments that can occur when musicians are not careful exiting the stage. Has also been known to occur in marching bands.
crashendo: the increasing sense of aggravation felt by band members as those trumpet players keep dropping their mutes on the hard stage floor.
d.c. al capone: You betta go back to the beginning, capeesh?
dill piccolo: a wind instrument that plays only sour notes
diminnuendo: the process of quieting a rumor in the orchestra pit
etude brute: an early form of Roman music performed with a rapid, sharp repetitive beat
fermantra: a note that is held over and over and over and.....
fermattahorn: an Alpine wind instrument used for playing long notes
fermoota: a rest of indefinite length and dubious value
fiddler crabs: grumpy string players
flute flies: gnat-like bugs that bother musicians playing out-of-doors
fog horn: a brass instrument that plays when the conductor's intentions are not clear
follyphonic: harmonized and arranged badly
fortississippi: with mighty, flowing strength
frugalhorn: the instrument you buy when you can't afford the one you REALLY want
frutti tutti: what you have in the gay men's chorus
Gaul blatter: a French horn player
grace note: the I.O.U. you deposit in the church collection plate when you're out of cash
gregorian champ: monk who can hold a note the longest
ground brass: when someone in the marching band drops a sousaphone
groundhog: someone who takes control of the repeated bass line and won't let others play it
Herbert von Carryon: a conductor who never rides in the cargo hold
hyperportamento: a tone that soars, bends and strains until it pierces into another dimension and leaves, ever after, a porthole to heaven
kvetchendo: gradually getting ANNOYINGLY louder
maestrousseau: at the pace of a wedding march
mallade: a romantic song that's pretty awful
caffinato: play loudly enough to wake up those sleeping in the audience
oeuferture: musical composition commissioned by the National Egg Marketing Council
oraToro: a lawn mower may be substituted for the soloist at this point
opera buffa: musical stage production at a nudist camp
pastorale: beverage to drink in the country when listening to Beethoven with a member of the clergy
pipe smoker: an extremely virtuosic organist
Placebo Domingo: faux tenor
pollyphonic: orchestra made up of lots of parrots
poochini: the result when your dog accompanies your aria as you practice
Pre-Classical Conservatism: school of thought which fostered the idea, "If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it."
praylude: a cue, found in some of the earlier oratorios, instructing those singing the roles of the wicked to pray in a profane or offensive manner
pseudo-dolce: Nutrasweet
The Rights of Strings: manifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Bowed Instruments (thought to be penned by Stravinsky)
rubato: cross between rhubarb and a tomato
Schmaltzando: a sudden burst of music from the Guy Lombardo orchestra
snacktus: quiet, contemplative music played during the appetizer at Catholic wedding receptions
Sosaphone: a cylindrical wooden instrument used to play smash hits (Go Sammy, Go Cubs!!!)
spritzicato: plucking of a stringed instrument to produce a bright, bubbly sound, usually accompanied by sparkling water with lemon
status cymbals: your Zildjians that you just HAVE to show off
tempo tantrum: what the conductor has when the orchestra can't keep up with him/her
tincanabulation: the annoying or irritating sounds made by an unmusical person using extremely cheap bells
toiletto: the effect on the human voice of reverberation in small rooms with ceramic tiles
trouble clef: any clef one can't read; e.g. the alto or tenor clefs for keyboard players
woodwind: the noise made by a golf club being swung and missing the ball
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