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Music Dictionary - B

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B(German) the note 'B flat' - what the German's call B flat (Bes) is actually our B double flat
Bacchanaliariotous song or dance pertaining to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine
Bacchetta (It.), Bacchette (It. plural form), Baguette (Fr.)drumstick, conductor's baton
Badinage, Badinerie(French) playfulness
Bagatelle(Fr., German) trifle, unpretentious
Baile, Bayle(Spanish) dance or ballet
Baisser(French) to lower, as 'to tune down a violin string'
Balalaikaa triangular guitar-like instrument with a fretted finger-board normally bearing three strings of Russian origin
Ballabile(Italian) in a dance style
Ballada song, originally to be danced, but generally without dance associations
Ballad operaeighteenth-century English comic play with songs based on popular tunes but set to new words
Balladefourteenth- and fifteenth-century formes fixes, each stanza having an initial repeated section followed by a second section played only once; a dramatic heroic piano piece often inspired by poetry; a setting of a poem to music
Balladenmässig(German) in the style of a ballad
Ballerino, Ballerina(Italian) male dancer, female dancer
Balleta dance form originally formal and courtly, originally danced both by professionals and guests but now danced by professionals
Ballo(Italian) a ball (dancing), dance
Bamboulaa tambourine of African descent from the West Indies, a dance accompanied by instrument
Banatankaa Serbian dance
Band, Bände(German) volume (a book), volumes
Bandora, Bandore, Bandurriaof the cittern family
Banjoa plucked, four to nine wire- (occasionally gut-) strung instrument with a circular body to which is attached an generally un-fretted neck, the strings lying on a low bridge over a resonator made of a metal hoop over which parchment is tensioned
Barber-Shop Harmonya popular, banal style of close harmony singing
Barcarolle (Fr.), Barkarole (Ger.)a song or instrumental piece generally in compound duple or compound quadruple time associated with boats and boating
Bariolage(French) rapid alternation of open and stopped strings on the violin
Barn Dancea dance of rural origin in simple quadruple time
Barocco (It.), Barok (Ger.), Baroque (Fr.)originally meaning bizarre, coarse, uncouth (Portuguese, barroco); today applied to European music from the period c. 1580 to c. 1730
Barre (Fr.)a device that clamps to the neck of a plucked string instrument (e.g. a guitar) and which change its tuning by shortening the sounding length of every string
BarytonA type of bass viol that has both bowed and sympathetic strings
Baskiche Tänze(German) Basque dance
Baskische Trommelliterally 'Basque drum', tambourine
Basquesa term applied to rhythmically complex dance music of Basque origin
Bassa, Basso, Bassi (plural form)(Italian) low, bass
Bass-bara strip pf wood glued under the belly of a sound board to support one foot of the bridge and to improve the instrument's bass frequency resonant response
Basse(French) bass
Basse chiffrée (Fr.), Basse continue (Fr.), Basso continuo (Italian)figured bass from which 17th- and 18th-century keyboard players realised accompaniments
Basse Dancea very early dance type, in which the feet are kept close to the ground) remembered for the way in which Basse Dance tunes continued to inspire composers long after the dances themselves had become extinct, probably sometime in the 16th century; the dance may be in duple or triple time, or a mixture of the two, often improvised over a tenor cantus firmus
Basse d'harmonie(French) Ophicleide
Bassettflöte(German) old name for the bass recorder
Basso ostinatoGround bass
Bassposaune(German) bass trombone
Bass-saite(German) the bottom string on a bowed or plucked instrument
Batterie(French) noisy percussion instruments, a rhythmic sequence using in military drumming
Battre(French) to beat time
Battuta, A(Italian) a tempo, return to the original speed
Bauernleier(German) hurdy-gurdy
Be(German) the flat sign
Bearbeit, Bearbitung(German) arranged, arrangement
Beaucoup(French) much
Bebend(German) trembling, tremulo
Bebunga tremulo effect achieved by rocking the finger on the key of a clavichord while the tangent is in contact with a sounding string
Bécarre(French) the natural sign
Becken, Beck (abbreviation)(German) cymbals
Bedächtig(German) careful
Bedarfsfall, Im(German) in case of need
Bedautend(German) considerable
Begeistert(German) inspired, enthused
Begeisterung(German) inspiration, exaltation
Begleiten(German) to accompany
Begleitung(German) accompaniment
Begleitend(German) accompanying
Behaglich(German) agreeably
Behend, Behendigkeit(German) nimbly, nimbleness
Beherzt(German) courageous
Beide(German) both
Beinahe(German) almost
Beispiel(German) example
Beisser(German) mordant (ornament)
Beklemmt, Beklommen(German) oppressed
Bel canto(Italian, beautiful singing voice) a lyrical, smooth vocal style associated with 18th century Italian professional singers and sdesigned to show off the singer's voice
Belebend, Belebt, Belebter(German) animating, animated, more animated
Beleiben, Nach(German) at will, at your pleasure, ad libitum
Beleibig(German) optional
Bellicoso, Bellicosamente (adverb form)(Italian) warlike
Bellythe upper surface of a stringed instrument on which the bridge rests, also called 'the table'
Belustigend(German) amusing, gay
Bémol (Fr.), Bemolle (It.)flat
Ben, Bene(Italian) well, much
Beneplacito, Beneplacimento(Italian) when preceded by 'A suo' the phrase means 'ad libitum'
Bequadro(Italian) the natural sign
Bequem(German) comfortable
Bercement(French) rocking, lulling, swaying
Berceuse(French) a lullaby or instrumental piece in compound duple time
Bereite vor(German) prepare, make ready
Bereits(German) already, previously
Bergamasque (Fr.), Bergamasca (It.), Bergomask (Ger.)a dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider range of time signatures
Bergerette(French) a shepherd's song
Beruhigen, Beruhigt, Beruhigter, Beruhigend, Beruhigung (noun)(German) to make restful, become restful, more restful, becoming restful, calming (noun)
Bes(German) the note 'B double flat'
Beschleunigen, Beschleunigt(German) to speed up
Beseelt(German) animated
Bestimmt(German) prominent, in a decided style
Betend(German) praying
Betont(German) stressed, emphasised, accentuated
Betonung(German) accentuation
Betrübnis, Betrübt(German) sadness, saddened
Beweglich, Beweglichkeit, Bewegt, Bewegter, Bewegung(German) agile, agility, speeded (or moved emotionally), quicker, speed (or emotion)
Bianca(Italian) minim, half-note
Biciniuma song for two voices
Bien(French) well, very
Bindalternative word for 'tie'
Bis(French) twice, encore (play again)
Bis(German) until
Bisbigliato(Italian) whispered
Biscroma(Italian) demisemiquaver or thirty-second note
Bittend(German) entreating
Bizzarro(Italian) bizarre, whimsical
Blanche(French) minim, half-note
Blasinstrumente(German) wind instruments
Blasmusik(German) music for wind instruments
Bleiben(German) to remain
Bleibt(German) remains
Blockflöte(German) recorder, 2ft pitch metal organ pipe
Bloss(German) mere, merely
Blue noteslowered third, seventh and occasionally fifth degrees of the major scale
Bluesstandard twelve-bar chord progression, an African-American vocal genre
Bocca chiusa (It.), Bouche fermée (Fr.)wordless humming
Boceto(Spanish) sketch
Bogen, Bog (abbreviation)(German) bow (for stringed instrument), 'tie' or 'bind'
Bogenstrich(German) bow stroke
Bois(French) wood
Bois, Les(French) the wood-wind
Boîte(French) swell box of an organ
Boleroa simple, triple time Spanish dance performed by couples
Bombarda large member of the shawm (oboe-like) family
Bombarda(Italian) euphonium (a member of the tuba family)
Bonespieces of rib bone played like castanets
Bongosa pair of small Cuban drums, fixed together with a metal bar, played with the thumb and fingers
Borre (Eng.), Borree (Eng.), Borry (Eng.), Bourrée (Fr.)a French dance similar to the gavotte but beginning on the fourth beat (of four) rather than the third (of four) as in the gavotte
Bouffonsold sword dance performed by men in cardboard armour, also called 'Mattachins' or Matassins'
Bourdona low sounding organ pipe, the lowest string on a lute or violin, a large deep-sounding bell, the drone string of a hurdy-gurdy, a drone pipe of a bagpipe
Bout(French) end (of a bow)
Boutade(French) an improvisation
Boyau(French) catgut, actually made from sheeps' intestines
Braccio(Italian) of the arm, i.e. stringed instrument held under the chin or against the upper arm, as opposed to 'gamba', those held down between the legs or on the lap
Bracea perpendicular line with bracket, joining the two staves of piano music
Branle (Fr.), Bransle (Fr.), Brawl (Eng.), Brawle (Eng.), Brantle (Eng.)a rustic dance in duple time, similar to the gavotte, originating in France
Bras(French) arm
Bratsche, Bratschen (plural), Br. (abbreviation)(German) viola
Brautlied(German) bridal song
Bravoure(Fr.) bravery, gallantry
Bravoure (Fr.), Bravura (It.)skill
Breit(German) largo, broad (as in bowing)
Bridgethe device, normally made of wood, that transfers energy from a vibrating string (on a stringed instrument or a 'string-bearing' keyboard instrument) to the belly, table or soundboard
Brillant (Fr.), Brillante (Fr.), Brillante (It.)brilliant
Brindisi(Italian) a toast
Brio(Italian) free, spirit, vigour
Brioso(Italian) spirited
Brisé(French) broken, as in 'arpeggiation'
Brume, Buée(French) mist
Brummeisen(German) Jew's Harp
Bruscamente(Italian) brusquely
Buccolico, Bucolico(Italian) rustic, bucolic
Buffa, Buffo(Italian) comic
Buffonesco, Buffonescamente (adverb)(Italian) buffoon-like, droll
Burla, Burlando, Burletta(Italian) jest, jestingly, a musical farce
Burlesco, Burlesca(Italian) burlesque, jocular
Buskto improvise on preset harmonies

Music Dictionary - B

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