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Ma(Italian) but
Macchina(Italian) machine, mechanism
Machicotageextemporised ornamentation of plainsong by the celebrant
Machine à vent(German) wind machine
Mächtig(German) mighty, powerful
Madrigala contrapuntal vocal work for several voices originating in 13th century Italian but taken up by English composers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Madrileña (Sp.), Madrilène (Fr.)a dance from the province of Madrid
Maelzelthe inventor of a mechanical metronome
Maestà, Maestade(Italian) majesty, dignity
Maestoso (Italian) majestic
Maestro(Italian) master, teacher, conductor
Maggiolata(Italian) a May song, a Spring song
Maggiore(Italian) major
Maggota fancy
Magna(Italian) great
Magno(Italian) great
Mailloche(French) stick of bass drum
Main, Mains(French) hand, hands
Mais(French) but
Maître(French) master
Maîtrisea French choir school
Majestätisch(German) majestic, majestically
Majestueux, Majestueuse(French) majestic
Majestueusement(French) majestically
Majeur(French) major
Mal(German) time, occasion
Malagueñaa kind of fandango
Malinconia, Malinconico(Italian) melancholy
Malizia(Italian) malice
Mancando, Mancante(Italian) dying away
Mancanza(Italian) lack
Manchegaa lively kind of seguidilla
Mandolin, Mandoline(Italian) a lute-like instrument played with a plectrum
Mani(Italian) hands
Manica(Italian) shift (on a fingerboard)
Manico(Italian) fingerboard
Manieren(German) ornaments, graces
Männer(German) men
Mano, Mani(Italian) hand, hands
Maracasa gourd filled with beans or beads used in Cuban dance-bands
Marcando, Marcato(Italian) marking, marked
Marche(German) march
Märchen(German) tale, tales
Marcia(Italian) march
Marimbaa xylophone-like percussion instrument fitted with resonators and played with drum sticks
Markiert(German) marked, accented, emphasized
Markig(German) vigorous
Marqué(French) marked, accented, emphasised
Marsch(German) march
Marteau(French) hammer
Martelé(French) hammered'
Marziale(Italian) martial
Mascarade(French) a masque, a 'masked' ball
Maschinenpauken(German) mechanically tuned kettledrums
Masquea ceremonial entertainment combining poetry, music and dance
Mässig(German) moderate, moderately
Mässigen(German) to moderate
Massimo, Massima(Italian) the greatest
Matassins, Mattachinsthe dance called Bouffons
Matelotte(French) a sailor's hornpipe
Mattinata(Italian) a morning song, aubade
Maultrommel(German) Jew's harp
Mauresco (It.), Mauresque (Fr.)Moorish
Maxixea vigorous Brazilian dance in simple duple time
Mazurkaa traditional dance from Poland originally sung and danced
M.D.main droite (Fr.), Mano destra (It.) - right hand on the piano
Measurebar
Medesimo(Italian) same
Mehr(German) more, many
Mehrere(German) several
Melisma(Greek) in vocal music, where one syllable is set over more than one note
Mélopée(French) the art of composing songs
Même(French) same
Men(Italian) less
Meno(Italian) less
Menuet (Fr.), Menuett (Ger.), Menuetto (It.)minuet
Messa di voce(Italian) a crescendo and a diminuendo on a single sustained note
Messa per i defunti(Italian) requiem mass
Messe des morts(French) requiem mass
Messing(German) brass
Mesto(Italian) mournful, sad
Mestizia(Italian) sadness
Mesure(French) measure, beat, time
Metà(Italian) half
Metronomea device for fixing the tempo of a piece of music
Mettere (It.), Mettre (Fr.)to put
Mettez(French) put!
Mezza, Mezzo(Italian) half
mf, mp(Italian) mezzo forte, mezzo piano - halfway between 'forte' and 'piano' ('loud' and 'soft')
M.G.main gauche (Fr.) - left hand on the piano
Mi contra fa(Italian) tritone
Microtonesintervals smaller than a semitone
Milieu(French) middle
Militaire (Fr.), Militare (It.), Militärmilitary
Militärtrommel(German) side drum
Minaccevole, Minaccevolmente(Italian) menacing, menacingly
Minder(German) less
Mineur(French) minor
Minima half-note, a note half the value of a semibreve
Minne(German) love
Minore(Italian) minor
Minstrelsentertainers who covered a wide range of activities from light farce to the performance of serious song - also, Troubadours, Trouvères, Minnesingers, Mastersingers
Minueta dance in simple triple time
Miracle playsthe use of drama to tell biblical stories, also: Mysteries, Moralities
Mise(French) putting
Missa pro defunctis(Italian) requiem mass
Mistero, Misterio(Italian) mystery
Mistico(Italian) mystic
Misura(Italian) measure, bar; also 'strict time' see Misurato
Misurato(Italian) measured; i.e. 'in strict time'
Mit(German) with
Mitleidig(German) pitiful
Mitte(German) middle
Moderato (It.), Modéré (Fr.)moderate (speed)
Modinhaa type of popular song from Portugal
Modo(Italian) manner, mode
Möglich(German) possible
Moins(French) less
Moitié(French) half
Moll(German) minor (reference to key)
Molle, Mollemente(Italian) gentle, gently
Molto(Italian) much
Monter(FRench) to raise
Montez(French) raise!
Moqueur(French) mocking, waggish
Morascomoresca
Morbido, Morbidezza(Italian) 'soft' or 'gentle', 'softness' or 'gentleness'
Morceau(French) piece
Morendo(Italian) dying
Morgenliedmorning song, aubade
Mormorando, Mormorante, Mormorevole, Mormoroso(Italian) murmuring
Mosso(Italian) moved
Motif (Fr.), Motiv (Ger.), Motivo (It.), Motive (Eng.)the smallest identifiable self-existent element of melody or rhythm
Moto(Italian) motion
Moto perpetuo(Italian) Perpetuum mobile
Moto precedente(Italian) the same speed as before
Motteggiando(Italian) bantering
Mouvement(French) movement
Mouvementé(French) bustling, animated
Movente(Italian) moving
Movimento(Italian) motion
mp, mf(Italian) mezzo piano, mezzo forte - halfway between 'piano' and 'forte' ('soft' and 'loud')
M.S.Mano sinistra (It.) - left hand on the piano
Müde(German) tired, languid
Mühelos(German) effortless
Muiñeira, Muñeiraa Spanish dance in compound duple time
Mundharmonika(German) mouth organ, harmonica
Munter(German) lively
Murcianaa trype of fandango
Murmelnd (Ger.), Murmurando (It.)murmuring
Muscadina type of hornpipe
Musette(French) a type of bagpipe, a gavotte with a persistent bass drone imitating the bagpipe
Musica falsa, Music fictathe sharpening or flattening of notes prescribed or permitted in modal music for the purpose of avoiding certain intervals, harmonies or whatever
Musica figurata(Italian) contrapuntal music in which time values are not common through the voices as it would be in 'note against note' counterpoint, decorated plainsong
Musica parlante(Italian) recitative
Musica reservataserious music
Musicoa castrato
Musikwissenschaft(German) musicology
Musique concrète(French) electrically combined sounds derived from natural sources rather than musical instruments
Muta(Italian) change
Mutano(Italian) change
Mutea device to reduce or eliminate the sound coming from an instrument, a person who cannot speak (i.e. is dumb)
Muth, Mut(German) courage, boldness
Muthig, Mutig(German) bold
Mysteriös(German) mysterious

Music Dictionary - M

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