#4  MUSICAL TERMS - Co

1. Con - Italian term for 'with'.  Like con molto - with movement.

2. Concertmaster - The lead violin player in an orchestra

3. Concerto - An extended composition for a solo instrument, usually with orchestral accompaniment

4. Conductor - Director of an orchestra or chorus

5. Consequent - The follower in a canon. The part following the antecedent or leader.

6. Conservatory - A public institution for providing musical instruction in music.

7. Consort - An Old English term for instrumental or vocal ensemble.

8. Contrary motion - Parts that progress in opposite directions. One moves up while the other down.

9. Crescendo - Gradually growing louder.

10. Crooner - A popular singer who intones his song in a smooth, seductive way

11. Decrescendo - Gradually getting softer.

12. Degree - One of the 8 consecutive tones in a major or minor scale.

13. Descant - Highest voice part that adds to the melody of the piece. It is a melody of its own.

14. Diminuendo - same as decrescendo

15. Dirge - A funeral hymn, or vocal or instrumental composition written for the dead.

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