#6 MUSICAL TERMS -
1. Enunciation - To pronounce consonants and vowels clearly
and distinctly.
2. Erklingen - German - To resound
3. Espirando - Italian - Dying away
4. Espressivo - Italian - Expressively
5. Estinguendo - Italian - Dying away, extinguishing
6. Estinto - Italina - barely audible. The extreme of
pianissimo
7. Etude - French - A study, technique practice
8. Eurhythmics - A system of musical training in which students are taught to represent complex rhythmic movement with their entire bodies
9. Expression mark - A written direction
(either a sign, word or phrase) for the performance of a piece.
10. Falsetto - The highest vocal register of the male voice
11. Fantasie - German - An improvisational song
12. Farce - A one act opera of ultracomical or burlesque
character
13. Fermata- Italian - To hold a note longer than its
original value
14. Ferocemente - Italian - Wildly, fiercy, vehemently
15. Finale - Italian - The last movement in a symphony or the closing number of a show.
Schirmer Pocket Manual of Musical Terms, Edited by Theodore Baker, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978