Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Music
More specialized WordNet synsets
- jazz
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
- dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
- music composed for ballroom dancing
- ragtime, rag
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- bop, bebop
- an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
- jazz
- music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- boogie, boogie-woogie
- an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
- a type of dance music originating in the 1950s; a blend of rhythm-and-blues with country-and-western
- modern jazz, new jazz, neo jazz
- any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
- punk rock, punk
- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation
- trad
- (Brit) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
- swing, swing music, jive
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- kwela
- a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
- rap, rap music
- a form of vocal music in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment
- vocal music
- music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)
- singsong
- (British) informal group singing of popular songs
- singing, vocalizing
- the act of singing vocal music
- song, strain
- the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
- bel canto
- a style of operatic singing
- coloratura
- singing with florid ornamentation
- carol
- a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
- lullaby, cradlesong
- a quiet song that lulls a child to sleep
- caroling
- singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas)
- aria
- an elaborate song for solo voice
- crooning
- singing in a soft low tone; "her crooning soon put the child to sleep"
- crooning
- the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
- scat, scat singing
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- march, marching music
- music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"
- military march, martial music
- brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
- pibroch
- martial music with variations; for the Scottish Highlands bagpipe
- quickstep
- a march accompanying quick time
- funeral march, dead march
- a slow march to be played for funeral processions
- processional march, recessional march
- a march to be played for processions
- bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing
- playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
- change ringing
- ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing
- intonation, chanting
- the act of singing in a monotonous tone
- harmonization, harmonisation
- singing in harmony
- humming
- the act of singing with closed lips
- part-singing
- singing with three or more voice parts
- yodeling
- singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto
- psalmody, hymnody
- the act of singing psalms or hymns
- music
- the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
- music of the spheres
- an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
- sonata form
- a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony
- flourish, fanfare
- a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
- arpeggio
- a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- sforzando
- an accented chord
- chord
- a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- common chord, triad
- a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
- seventh chord
- a triad with a seventh added
- monody, monophonic music
- music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
- polytonality, polytonalism
- music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
- polyphony, polyphonic music, concerted music
- music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
- popularism
- music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority
- counterpoint
- a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- classical music, serious music
- music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
- chamber music
- serious music performed by a small group of musicians
- four-part harmony
- harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
- operetta, light opera
- a short amusing opera
- harmony, musical harmony
- the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
- harmonization, harmonisation
- a piece of harmonized music
- reharmonization
- a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised
- leitmotiv, leitmotif
- a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- resolution
- a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
- signature, signature tune, theme song
- a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
- theme song
- a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
- theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
- melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
- statement
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata"
- obbligato, obligato
- a persistent but subordinate motif
- motif, motive
- a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
- homophony
- part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
- variation
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- part, voice
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
- part music
- vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)
- canto
- the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
- voice part
- a part written for a singer
- accompaniment, support
- a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts
- figured bass
- a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them to indicate the chords to be played
- descant, discant
- a decorative accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- vamp
- an improvised accompaniment
- bass, bass part
- the lowest part in polyphonic music
- ground bass
- a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
- thorough bass, basso continuo
- a bass part written out in full and accompanied by figures for successive chords
- religious music, church music
- music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
- antiphon, antiphony
- a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
- gradual
- (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
- Requiem
- a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
- Mass
- a musical setting for a Mass
- processional, prosodion
- religious music used in a procession
- chant
- a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- hymn, anthem
- a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
- cantus firmus
- a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
- religious song
- religious music for singing
- spiritual, Negro spiritual
- a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern US
- carol, Christmas carol
- joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
- doxology
- a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- chorale, choral
- a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- paean, pean
- a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
- canticle
- a hymn derived from the Bible
- Dies Irae
- the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally "day of wrath")
- Internationale
- a revolutionary socialist anthem
- Magnificat
- the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning "Magnificat anima mea Dominum")
- recessional
- a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
- musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
- a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
- Te Deum
- an ancient liturgical hymn
- musical arrangement, arrangement
- a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
- orchestration
- an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band
- prelude
- music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
- finale, coda
- the closing section of a musical composition
- intermezzo
- a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
- intermezzo
- a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony
- chorale prelude
- a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations
- overture
- orchestral music played at the begining of an opera or oratorio
- solo
- a musical composition for one performer
- voluntary
- composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a service or performance
- duet, duette, duo
- a musical composition for two performers
- trio
- a musical composition for three performers
- quartet, quartette
- a musical composition for four performers
- quintet, quintette
- a musical composition for five performers
- sextet, sextette, sestet
- a musical composition written for six performers
- septet, septette
- a musical composition written for seven performers
- octet, octette
- a musical composition written for eight performers
- cantata, oratorio
- a musical setting for a religious text
- keen
- (Irish) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
- bagatelle
- a light piece of music for piano
- divertimento, serenade
- a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
- canon
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- concerto
- a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- enigma canon, enigmatic canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon
- a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
- etude
- a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
- concerto grosso
- a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
- fugue
- a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
- pastorale, pastoral, idyll
- a musical composition that evokes rural life
- rondo, rondeau
- a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
- sonata
- a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
- toccata
- a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
- piano sonata
- a sonata for piano
- fantasia
- a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes
- symphony, symphonic music
- a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
- passage, musical passage
- a short section of a musical composition
- intro
- a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
- ostinato
- a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition
- phrase, musical phrase
- a short musical passage two to four measures long
- cadenza
- a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music
- riff
- a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation
- movement
- a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"
- largo
- a movement that is to be performed in a slow and broad manner
- scherzo
- a fast movement (usually in triple time)
- suite
- a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
- adagio
- a musical composition to be played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
- symphonic poem, tone poem
- an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
- medley, potpourri, pastiche
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- nocturne
- a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
- song
- a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
- study
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
- ballad, lay
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- antiphony
- alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
- national anthem
- a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
- Marseillaise
- the French national anthem
- Star-Spangled Banner
- the national anthem of the US
- aria
- an elaborate song for solo voice
- arietta, short aria
- a short aria
- barcarole, barcarolle
- a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
- minstrelsy
- ballads sung by minstrels
- chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty
- a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
- refrain, chorus
- the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- drinking song
- a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties
- tra-la, tra-la-la
- a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain
- ditty
- a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
- dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- folk song, folk ballad
- a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
- lied
- a German art song of the 19th century
- blues
- a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated used of blue notes
- lovesong
- a song about love or expressing love for another person
- lullaby, cradlesong, berceuse
- a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- madrigal
- an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
- partsong
- a song with two or more voice parts
- round
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds"
- scolion, banquet song
- a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet
- roundelay
- a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
- serenade
- a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
- bolero
- music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
- torch song
- a popular song concerned with disappointment in love
- work song
- a usually rhythmical song song to accompany repetitious work
- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling
- a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
- ballet
- music written for a balle
- conga
- music composed for dancing the conga
- gavotte
- music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
- jig
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- hornpipe
- music for dancing the hornpipe
- landler
- music in triple time for dancing the landler
- mazurka
- music composed for dancing the mazurka
- minuet
- a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
- paso doble
- music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played a bull fights
- pavane
- music composed for dancing the pavane
- polka
- music performed for dancing the polka
- rumba, rhumba
- syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- quadrille
- music for dancing the quadrille
- reel
- music composed for dancing a reel
- samba
- music composed for dancing the samba
- saraband
- music composed for dancing the saraband
- schottische
- music performed for dancing the schottische
- serialism, serial music
- 20th century music that uses of a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition
- tarantella
- music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
- twelve-tone music
- a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
- tango
- music written in duple time for dancing the tango
- waltz
- music composed in triple time for waltzing
- popular music
- music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
- pop music, pop
- music of general appeal to young people
- macumba
- popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
- folk music, ethnic music, folk
- the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
- country music, country and western
- a simple style of folk music heard in the southern US; usually played on stringed instruments
- hillbilly music
- country music originating in mountainous regions of southern US
- reggae
- popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
- square-dance music
- music performed for square dancing
- skiffle
- (British) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
- impromptu
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- Bach
- the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ"
- Brahms
- the music of Brahms; "Brahms was included in the program"
- Beethoven
- the music of Beethoven; "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all
- Chopin
- the music of Chopin; "he practiced Chopin day and night"
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- the music of Gilbert and Sullivan; "he could sing all of Gilbert and Sullivan"
- Mozart
- the music of Mozart; "the concert was mostly Mozart"
- Handel
- the music of Handel
- Haydn
- the music of Haydn
- Stravinsky
- the music of Stravinsky; "Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets"
- Wagner
- the music of Wagner; "they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner"
- sequence
- several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
- syncopate
- modify the rhythm by syncopation, in music
- develop
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- sight-read
- play or perform music by reading it off the sheet; perform unprepared
- hymn
- praise by singing a hymn: "They hymned their love of God"
- place
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- troll
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- croon
- sing softly
- carry
- sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"
- chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
- pipe up
- begin to play or sing
- yodel, warble, descant
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
- warble, trill, quaver
- sing with trills
- treble
- sing treble
- hum
- sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
- sing
- to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
- sound off, strike up
- start playing, as of musicians
- serenade
- sing and play for somebody
- belt out, belt
- sing loudly and forcefully
- descant on
- sing a descant on a main tune or melody
- vocalize
- sing with one vowel
- harmonize
- sing in harmony
- descant
- sing in descant
- interlude
- perform an interlude, as on a musical instrument
- rap
- perform rap music
- play, spiel, render
- as of melodies; "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
- play
- play (music) on an instrument; "The band played all night long"
- replay
- play again, as of a melody
- prelude
- play as a prelude, of musical pieces
- jazz
- play something in the style of jazz
- rag
- play in ragtime, as of a musical piece
- play, play on
- perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"
- bugle
- play on a bugle
- beat
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly: "beat the drum"
- symphonize
- play or sound together, in harmony
- tweedle
- play negligently on a musical instrument
- chord
- play chords on, as of string instruments
- reprise, repeat, recapitulate
- repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition
- modulate
- change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"
- pipe
- play one a pipe
- slur
- play smoothly or legato; of musical passages
- pedal
- operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
- bang out
- play loudly; "They banged out "The star-spangled banner"
- accompany, follow
- perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
- improvise, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise
- perform without preparation
- sing
- produce musical tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
- bow
- play on a string instrument
- minstrel
- celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
- sing
- deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
- solmizate
- sing using solmization
- tweedle, chirp
- sing in modulation
- choir, chorus
- sing in a choir
- solmizate
- sing by the syllables of solmization
- troll
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- madrigal
- sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully"
- hymn
- sing a hymn
- carol, wassail
- sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day"
- drum
- play the drums
- harp
- play the harp
- conduct, lead, direct
- lead; "conduct an orchestra"
- fiddle
- play the violin or fiddle
- trumpet
- play or blow on the trumpet
- clarion
- blow the clarion
- double tongue, triple-tongue
- play fast notes on a wind instrument
- tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as on wind instruments
- attuned, tuned
- (music) brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the attuned instruments"
- chromatic
- (music) based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale"
- diatonic
- (music) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
- country(a), folk(a), hillbilly, western(a)
- (of music) characteristic of rural life
- conjunct
- (music) progressing melodically by intervals of a second; "conjunct motion of an ascending scale"
- disjunct
- (music) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- funky, low-down
- (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
- warm-toned
- used of music
- largo
- very slow in tempo and broad in manner
- fast
- (music) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"
- allegro
- (of tempo) fast
- allegretto
- (of tempo) faster than allegro
- andantino
- (of tempo) moderately fast
- presto
- (of tempo) very fast
- prestissimo
- (of tempo) as fast as possible
- vivace
- (of tempo) very fast and lively
- slow
- (music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
- adagio
- (of tempo) leisurely
- andante
- (of tempo) moderately slow
- lento
- (of tempo) slow
- lentissimo
- (of tempo) very slow
- larghetto
- (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
- larghissimo
- (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible
- moderato
- (of tempo) moderate
- unresolved, dissonant
- (music) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- cool
- (music) restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat; "cool jazz"
- hot
- (music) emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation; "hot jazz"
- piano, soft
- used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition"
- pianissimo
- chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft
- pianissimo assai
- chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft
- forte, loud
- used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition"
- fortemente
- chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong
- fortissimo
- chiefly a direction or description in music
- dramatic
- (music; of a singer or singing voice) marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; "a dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano"
- lyric
- (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"
- coloratura
- (of lyric singing or a lyric singer) marked by florid virtuoso trills and runs
- minor
- (music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
- major
- (music) of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"
- monophonic
- (music) consisting of a single melodic line
- polyphonic, contrapuntal
- (music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- homophonic
- having a single melodic line with accompaniment
- monodic, monodical
- having a single vocal part
- natural
- (music) of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural"
- sharp
- (music) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp"
- flat
- (music) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
- jazzy
- resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
- sung, vocal
- using the voice in song; "vocal music"
- legato, smooth
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"
- staccato, disconnected
- marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; (music) cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes"
- diatonic
- based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music
- atonal, unkeyed
- (music) characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality
- atonalistic
- (music) of or relating to atonalism
- chordal
- relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords; "chordal assonance in modern music"; "chordal rather than contrapuntal music"
- serial
- (music) pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music"
- vocal
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice; "vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a vocal group to sing his compositions"
- instrumental
- relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble"
- polyphonic, polyphonous
- (music) "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
- contrapuntal
- relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint; "contrapuntal base"
- lyric
- (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
- melodic
- of or relating to melody; "melodic harmony"
- modal
- of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
- choral
- related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir; "choral composition"; "choral ensemble"
- operatic
- of or relating to or characteristic of opera
- mensural
- (music) having notes of fixed rhythmic value
- pentatonic
- relating to a pentatonic scale
- orchestral
- relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral score"
- orchestrated
- arranged for performance by an orchestra
- symphonic
- relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony; "symphonic choir"
- percussive
- involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments; "percussive music"
- fugal
- of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue
- pianistic
- skilled at or adapted for the piano; "pianistic abilities"
- philharmonic
- composing or characteristic of an orchestral group; "philharmonic players"
- scalic
- of or related to a musical scale; "scalic patterns"
- fugally
- (music) in a fugal style
- presto
- (music) at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)
- melodically
- with respect to melody; "melodically interesting themes"
- harmonically
- with respect to harmony; "harmonically interesting piece"
- acoustically
- with respect to acoustics; "acoustically ill-equipped studios"
- chorally
- by a chorus; "chorally accompanied"
- accelerando
- (music) with increasing speed; "here you must play accelerando"
- adagio
- (music) slowly; "here you must play adagio"
- andante
- (music) at a moderately slow temp; "this passage must be played andante"
- allegretto
- (music) in a moderately quick tempo; "play this more allegretto"
- allegro
- (music) in a quick and lively tempo; "play this section allegro"
- pianissimo, very softly
- a direction in music; to be played very softly
- piano, softly
- used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
- forte, loudly
- used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
- fortissimo, very loudly
- a direction in music; to be played very loudly
- glissando
- with a rapidly executed series of notes; "this should be played glissando, please"
- legato
- connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please"
- staccato
- separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please"
- lento, slowly
- in music; "Play this lento, please"
- melodiously, tunefully
- in a melodious manner; "she sang melodiously"
- molto
- (in music) much; "allegro molto"
- musically
- in a musical manner; "She sang very musically"
- pizzicato
- (music) with a light plucking staccato sound
- prestissimo
- (music) extremely fast; as fast as possible; "this passage should be played prestissimo"
- rallentando
- (music) slowing down; "this passage should be played rallentando"
- vivace
- lively, in music; "play this section vivace!"
- unsung (opposite)
- not rendered in song; "their dirge was unsung"
- unmusically (opposite)
- in an unmusical manner; "She sings rather unmusically"
- tunelessly (opposite)
- in a tuneless fashion; "he whistled tunelessly"