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There are two ways to tell whether a song is major or minor: by ear and by sight. When doing it by ear, listen to the major vs. minor qualities in the music. When reading the sheet music, the answer is in the key signature and in how notes and chords are used. That sounds simple enough but it does take some practice so let’s look at the details.
Quasi: An Italian term meaning “almost” or “as if,” often used in musical directions, e.g., “quasi recitativo” means “like a recitative.”. Quaver: Another term for an eighth note, primarily used in British English. Quintet: A group of five musicians or singers, or a piece of music written for such a group.
Aria. Meaning ‘air’ in Italian, an aria is a song, which can have instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, and is usually normally part of a larger work. Most common in opera, arias also occur in oratorios and cantatas. There are also stand-alone concert arias.
Drone. A sustained low pitched tone that can play continuously throughout a piece of music. Also referred to the part of an instrument that produces the sound, such as certain pipes in the bagpipes. Drone is also a genre of music, consisting of minimalistic, ambient and often low sustained sounds.
Minim - A two beat note. Minor - A type of key with a set pattern of notes (the minor scale). Octave - An interval or gap of eight notes. Pentatonic - A five note scale. Quartet - A musical group ...
The seven modes are Ionian (Major), Dorian (minor), Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Molto - Musc Marking - Very or Much. You will see this with other musical terms, like "Molto Vivace" or "Very Fast." Motif - Music Theory - a phrase or music fragment that recurs throughout a musical work.
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Arioso [It.]: Airy, like an air; melodious; in the manner of an aria. Armonioso [It.]: Harmoniously. Arpeggio [It.]: To play on the harp; a broken chord where the notes are played or sung in sequence (as a harp), one after the other, rather than simultaneously as a chord.
