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  1. Sep 25, 2024 · Adagio. Adagio (Italian for “at ease”) indicates a slow pace or tempo (see other pace examples in Tempo). Allegro and Presto are the opposite music terminology. Allegro. Allegro (Italian for “cheerful”) is a fast, upbeat music tempo. Adagio is the opposite music terminology. Ballet.

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    • Pull out all the stops. ‘Pulling out all the stops’ – going all out, or giving your all – originally referred to organ stops, which are pulled out to turn on each set of sounds in a pipe organ.
    • Preaching to the choir. ‘Preaching to the choir’ means pointlessly trying to convince someone of an opinion they already agree with. It comes from the action of trying to convince people to come to church, who already regularly attend.
    • Blowing your own trumpet. ‘Blowing your own trumpet’ or ‘tooting your own horn’ (meaning ‘to brag’) could come from the medieval period, when heralds would announce the arrival of a VIP with a fanfare.
    • Like a broken record. This expression is used to describe a person who repeatedly says the same thing. And it has its origins in the world of vinyl – when a record is scratched the needle of the record player gets stuck in the same spot and plays the same section of the song over and over.
  2. Apr 5, 2024 · Precursors to the modern wordmusic’ include the French word ‘musique’, from the 12th century onwards, and the Old English mid-13th century word ‘musike’, both of which can be traced back to the Latin: ‘mūsica’. The Latin word in turn comes from the ancient Greek word,‘mousiké’, which translates literally as ‘art of the ...

  3. What does the verb collect mean? There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb collect, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. collect has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. popular music (early 1600s) economics and commerce (mid 1600s) horses and ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Oct 13, 2021 · mid-14c., "choose, select, pick; collect and gather the best things from a number or quantity," especially with reference to literature, from Old French cuiler "collect, gather, pluck, select" (12c., Modern French cueillir), from Latin colligere "gather together, collect," origin

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