Jokes & Cartoons
MUSICAL DAFFY-NITIONS
- Accent: An unusual manner of pronunciation, eg: "Y'all sang that real good!"
- Accidentals: Wrong notes.
- Agitato: A string player's state of mind when a peg slips in the middle of a piece.
- Agnus Dei: A woman composer famous for her church music.
- Attaca: "Fire at will!"
- Beat: What music students to do each other with their musical instruments. The down beat is performed on the top of the head, while the up beat is struck under the chin.
- Breve: The way a sustained note sounds when a violinist runs out of bow.
- Cadence:
- The short nickname of a rock group whose full name is Cadence Clearwater Revival.
- When everybody hopes you're going to stop, but you don't. (Final Cadence: when they FORCE you to stop.)
- Cantus Firmus: The part you get when you can only play four notes.
- Chord: Usually spelled with an "s" on the end, means a particular type of pants, eg: "He wears chords."
