HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA
"WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA"
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF MUSICIANS
Musical
Terms For The Musically Challenged |
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| Obbligato | being forced to practice |
| Con Moto | yeah baby, I have a car |
| Allegro | a little car |
| Metronome | short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic |
| Lento | the days leading up to Easto |
| Largo | beer brewed in Germany or the Florida Keys |
| Piu Animato | clean out the cat's litter box |
| Interval | time to meet the other players at the bar |
| Perfect Interval | when the drinks are on the house |
| Cantabile | singing while drunk |
| Con Spirito | drunk again |
| Colla Voce | this shirt is so tight I can't sing |
| Improvisation | what you do when the music falls down |
| Prelude | warm-up before the clever stuff |
| Flats | English apartments |
| Chords | things organists play with one finger |
| Dischords | things that organists play with two fingers |
| Suspended Chords | useful for lynching the vocalist |
| Syncopation | bowel condition brought on by an overdose of jazz (HORNISTS, TAKE NOTE!) |
| Time Signatures | things for drummers to ignore |
| Virtuoso | a person who can work wonders with easy-play music |
| Professional | anyone who can't hold down a steady job |
| Melody | an ancient, now almost completely extinct art in songwriting |
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