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ALLREGRETTO: When you’re 16 measures into the piece and realize you took too fast a tempo<\/span><\/div>\n

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ANGUS DEI: To play with a divinely beefy tone<\/span><\/div>\n

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A PATELLA: Accompanied by knee-slapping<\/span><\/div>\n

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APPOLOGGIATURA: A composition that you regret playing<\/span><\/div>\n

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APPROXIMATURA: A series of notes not intended by the composer, yet played with an “I meant to do that” attitude<\/span><\/div>\n

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APPROXIMENTO: A musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch<\/span><\/div>\n

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DILL PICCOLINI: An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes<\/span><\/div>\n

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FERMANTRA: A note held over and over and over and over and . . .<\/span><\/div>\n

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FIDDLER CRABS: Grumpy string players<\/span><\/div>\n

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FLUTE FLIES: Those tiny mosquitoes that bother musicians on outdoor gigs<\/span><\/div>\n

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FRUGALHORN: A sensible and inexpensive brass instrument<\/span><\/div>\n

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GAUL BLATTER: A French horn player<\/span><\/div>\n

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GREGORIAN CHAMP: The title bestowed upon the monk who can hold a note the longest<\/span><\/div>\n

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PLACEBO DOMINGO: A faux tenor<\/span><\/div>\n

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SPRITZICATO: An indication to string instruments to produce a bright and bubbly sound<\/span><\/div>\n

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TEMPO TANTRUM: What an elementary school orchestra is having when it’s not following the conductor<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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