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- ma: but
- ma non troppo: but not too much
- maestoso: majestically, in a
stately fashion
- magico: magically
- maggiore: the major key
- magnifico: magnificent
- main droite (French):
[played with the] right hand (abbreviation: MD or m.d.)
- main gauche (French):
[played with the] left hand (abbreviation: MG or m.g.)
- malinconico: melancholy
- mancando: dying away
- mano destra: [played with the]
right hand (abbreviation: MD or m.d.)
- mano sinistra: [played with the]
left hand (abbreviation: MS or m.s.)
- marcatissimo: with much
accentuation
- marcato, marc.:
marked; i.e., with accentuation, execute every note as if it were to be
accented
- marcia: a march; alla
marcia means in the manner of
a march
- martellato: hammered out
- marziale: in the march style
- mässig (German):
moderately (also: mäßig)
- MD: see mano
destra and main
droite
- melancolico: melancholic
- melisma: the technique of changing
the note (pitch) of a syllable of text while it is being sung
- measure (US):
also "bar," the period of a musical piece that encompasses a complete cycle
of the time signature, e.g., in 4/4 time, a measure has four quarter-note
beats
- medley: piece composed from parts
of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes
overlapping.
- meno: less; see meno
mosso, for example, under mosso
- messa di voce: in singing, a
controlled swell, i.e. crescendo then diminuendo,
on a long held note, especially in Baroque
music and in the bel
canto period[1]
- mesto: mournful, sad
- meter (or metre):
the pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats
- mezza
voce: half voice; i.e., with subdued or moderated volume
- mezzo: half; used in combinations
like mezzo forte (mf),
meaning moderately loud
- mezzo forte: half loudly; i.e.,
moderately loudly. See dynamics.
- mezzo piano: half softly; i.e.,
moderately softly. See dynamics.
- mezzo-soprano: a female singer
with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an
eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker vocal tone
than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that of a soprano and
that of ancontralto.
- MG: see main
gauche
- misterioso: mysteriously
- mobile: flexible, changeable
- moderato: moderate; often combined
with other terms, usually relating to tempo; for example, allegro moderato
- modesto: modest
- modulation is
most commonly the act or process of changing from one key (tonic, or tonal
center) to another. This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key
signature.
- Moll (German): minor;
used in key signatures as,
for example, a-Moll (A minor), b-Moll (B♭ minor),
or h-Moll (B minor) (see also Dur (major)
in this list)
- molto: very
- morendo: dying; i.e., dying away
in dynamics, and perhaps also in tempo
- mosso: moved, moving; used with a
preceding più or meno (see in this list), for faster or slower respectively
- MS: see mano
sinistra
- moto: motion; usually seen as con
moto, meaning with motion or quickly
- movement:
- munter (German):
lively
- muta [in...]: Change: either a
change of instrument, e.g. flute to piccolo, horn in F to horn in Bb; or a
change of tuning, e.g. guitar muta
6 in D. Note: does not mean
"mute", for which con sordina or con
sordino is used.[1] Muta comes
from the Italian verb mutare (to
change into something).
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