English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Schlager /'ʃlɑgə/ (n) [Ger]
hit, popular song


Score /skɔː/ (n)
a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal
and instrumental parts; a musical composition, especially the music for a
movie or theatrical production


Sharp /ʃɑːp/ (n, adj, v)
a musical note raised a semitone (half step) above natural pitch, the sign
‘#’ indicating this; to raise the pitch of a note


===Ü===


Sixteenth note /sɪks'tiːnθ nəʊt/ (n)
a note of one fourth of a beat; equal to one sixteenth of a whole note; a
semiquaver


===G===


Sixteenth rest /sɪks'tiːnθ rɛst/ (n)
a silence of one fourth of a beat; equivalent rest for the sixteenth note


===8===


Slur /sləː/ (n)
a curved line over or under two or more notes which are to be played or
sung smoothly to one syllable, or played or sung legato


Solo /'səʊləʊ/ (n) [Ita]
a piece of music for one performer


Soprano /sə'prɑːnəʊ/ (n) [Ita]
the highest singing voice of women or boys

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