MUSICAL TERMS #32

1. Vorhalt – German - A suspension  

2. Vorspiel – German - Prelude, introduction, overture

3. Vortragszeichen – German- Expression mark

4. Vox – Latin - Voice

5. Waschsend – German- crescendo  

6. Waltz – A round dance in ¾ time

7. Walzer – German- a waltz

8. Wärmer, mit – German - with warmth  

9. Wehmut, mit – German- with melancholy  

10. Weich – German- Soft, tender

11. Weinachtsmusik –German - Christmas music

12. Whole step/ Whole tone - a step consisting of two half steps

13. Whole tone scale - a scale consisting of only whole steps (popularized by Debussy)  

14. Wiegend – German - swaying, rocking

15. Wiegenlied – German - a lullaby

Schirmer Pocket Manual of Musical Terms, Edited by Theodore Baker, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978