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- cadenza: a solo section, usually
in a concerto or
similar work, that is used to display the performer's technique, sometimes
at considerable length
- calando: falling away, or
lowering; i.e., getting slower and quieter; ritardando along with diminuendo
- calore: warmth; so con
calore, warmly
- cambiare: to change; i.e., any
change, such as to a new instrument
- canon or kanon (Ger):
a theme that is repeated and imitated and built upon by other instruments
with a time delay, creating a layered effect; see Pachelbel's
Canon.
- cantabile or cantando:
in a singing style
- capo:
- Capo: a key-changing device
for guitars and banjos;
- head; i.e. the beginning (of a
movement, normally).
- capriccioso: capriciously,
unpredictable, volatile
- cédez (Fr):
yield, give way
- cesura or caesura (Latin
form): break, stop; i.e., a complete break in sound (sometimes nicknamed
"railroad tracks" in reference to their appearance)
- chiuso: closed; i.e., muted by
hand (for a horn, or similar instrument; but see also bocca
chiusa, which uses the feminine form, in this list)
- coda: a tail; i.e., a closing
section appended to a movement
- codetta: a small coda, but usually
applied to a passage appended to a section of
a movement, not to a whole movement
- col, colla:
with the (col before a
masculine noun, colla before
a feminine noun); (see next for example)
- colla
parte: with the soloist; as an instruction in an orchestral score or
part, it instructs the conductor or orchestral musician to follow the rhythm
and tempo of a solo performer (usually for a short passage)
- colla voce: with the voice; as an
instruction in an choral music/opera score or orchestral part, it instructs
the conductor or orchestral musician to follow the rhythm and tempo of a
solo singer (usually for a short passage)
- col legno: with the wood; i.e.,
the strings (for example, of a violin)
are to be struck with the wood of the bow, making a percussive sound; also battuta
col legno: beaten with the wood
- coloratura: coloration; i.e.,
elaborate ornamentation of a vocal line, or (especially) a soprano voice
that is well-suited to such elaboration
- colossale: tremendously
- col pugno: with the fist; i.e.,
bang the piano with the fist
- come prima: like the first (time);
i.e., as before, typically referring to an earlier tempo
- come sopra: as above; i.e., like
the previous tempo (usually)
- common time: the time
signature 4/4: four beats per
measure, each beat a quarter note (a
crotchet) in length. 4/4 is often written on the musical
staff as .
The symbol is not a C as an abbreviation for common time, but a broken
circle; the full circle at one time stood for triple time, 3/4.
- comodo (or,
commonly but less correctly, commodo):
comfortable; i.e., at moderate speed; also, allegro
comodo, tempo comodo,
etc.
- con: with; used in very many
musical directions, for example con
allegrezza (with liveliness), con
amore (with tenderness); (see
also col, colla,
above)
- con affetto:
with affect (that
is, with emotion)
- con amore, or (in Spanish and
sometimes in Italian) con amor:
with love, tenderly
- con anima: with feeling
- con brio: with spirit, with vigour
- con dolore: with sadness
- con forza: with force
- con (gran, molto) espressione:
with (great, much) expression
- con fuoco: with fire, in a fiery
manner
- con larghezza: with broadness;
broadly
- con moto: with motion
- con slancio: with enthusiasm
- '"con spirito"': with spirit; with
feeling
- con sordina, or con
sordine (plural):
with a mute, or with mutes;
several orchestral instruments can have their tone muted with wood, rubber,
metal, or plastic devices (for string instruments, mutes are clipped to the
bridge, and for brass instruments, mutes are inserted in the bell); comparesenza
sordina in this list (which
instructs the musicians to remove their mutes); see also Sordino. Note: sordina,
with plural sordine, is
strictly correct Italian, but the forms con
sordino and con
sordini are much more
commonly used as terms in music.
- con sordino, or con
sordini (plural) (incorrect
Italian): see con sordina,
above
- con variazioni: with
variations/changes
- conjunct: an adjective applied to
a melodic line
that moves by step (intervals of
a 2nd) rather in disjunct motion (by leap).
- contralto:
- contrapuntalism: see counterpoint
- coperti (plural
of coperto, which may also
be seen): covered; i.e., on a drum, muted with a cloth
- crescendo: growing; i.e.,
progressively louder (contrast diminuendo)
- cuivré: brassy. Used almost
exclusively as a French Horn
technique to indicate a forced,
rough tone. A note marked both stopped and loud will be cuivré automatically[1]
- cut time: Same as the meter 2/2:
two half-note (minim) beats per measure. Notated and executed like common
time (4/4), except with the beat
lengths doubled. Indicated by .
This comes from a literal cut of the symbol
of common time. Thus, a quarter
note in cut time is only half a
beat long, and a measure has only two beats. See also alla
breve.
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