English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Piano /'pjɑːnəʊ/ (adv, adj, n) [Ita]
softly; quietly; musical passage performed or marked to be performed
softly


Pipe /pʌɪp/ (n, v)
a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length
that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes; play on a pipe


Pitch /pɪtʃ/ (n)
the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note


Pizzicato /pɪtsɪ'kɑːtəʊ/ (n, adj, adv) [Ita]
plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one's
finger; a note or passage played in this way


Plectrum /'plɛktrəm/ (n)
a thin flat piece of plastic, metal, etc., held in the hand and used to pluck
the strings of a guitar, lyre, or other similar musical instrument; the
corresponding mechanical part which plucks the strings of an instrument
such as a harpsichord; a pick


Plucked /plʌkt/ (adj)
(of a stringed musical instrument) sounded with one's finger or a plectrum;
intended to be played by plucking


Pre-chorus /priː 'kɔːrəs/ (n)
the section of a piece that comes after verse and before chorus


Quarter note /'kwɔːtə nəʊt/ (n)
a note of one beat long; equal to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet


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Quarter rest /'kwɔːtə rɛst/ (n)
a silence of one beat; equivalent rest for the quarter note

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