Let's talk musical vocabulary...and make it fun.

Question

I've run a quick search and couldn't find any topics specifically for musical terms or grammar. I'm always seeing topics about music, and I know there are even Reference entries about it, so let's make it happen!

In fact, we'll even make a A-Z game of it. We'll start with the letter A (of course) and list words all the way to Z, only rule is it must be musical! Let's post the Spanish word with translation (EX: nota - note) then along with the word, provide any explanation that helps learners understand better what the word is and means (readers may not all be musicians, and may need further detail). ¡Vamos hacerlo!

Edit: Forgive me aloshek, I was excited about this, last edit I promise. Anyways nizhoni provided us with the starter, "antifon=antiphon : a devotional text sung as part of the liturgy"...now B and so on.

Edit 2: Let's keep it going, start from A and venture through Z again, and I say, repeat the process until we run out of words.

• Hmm... and why not make it an A-Z game? ;)) - Issabela Dec 28, 2009
• Ok, Issabela totally made it better...thanks for the suggestion. ¡Vamos hacerlo! =) - DJ_Huero Dec 28, 2009
• How about a starting word? - aloshek Dec 28, 2009
• Sound good now? =) - DJ_Huero Dec 28, 2009
• Your getting my vote, although sadly, I missed out on this game! - Nicole-B Dec 28, 2009
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Answer 1

clave - key/clef

A symbol indicating the pitch represented by one line of a staff, in relation to which the other pitches of the staff can be determined.

Answer 2

dúo duet

I actually understood the rule this time!! Yupeeeeeeeee

• jejeje - DJ_Huero Dec 28, 2009
• jajaja, I think you meant "yipeeeee" a yuppy is something you don't normally yell :D - aloshek Dec 28, 2009
• jaja, maybe that's what they yell in España. ;-) - DJ_Huero Dec 28, 2009

Answer 3

ayy, ¡la guitarra por supuesto! - guitar

Answer 4

el jazz - jazz

Answer 5

kilobyte - música digital

Not very good I know, or how about

Kit de batería - drum kit?

Answer 6

OK now you can throw this one out if you want but it's "jingo" a song by Santana.

• Probably not even a Spanish word because I can't find it anywhere in the dictionary but it's a great song by a fantastic Latino musician and I just had to do it. - Yeser007 Jan 4, 2010
• Yes he is. And your answer is fine, i'm sure most have become stumped on words. =) - DJ_Huero Jan 5, 2010

Answer 7

komuz (instrumento musical de Kirguistán)

• Fidiyou posted koala before, jeje - Heidita May 20, 2010

Answer 8

Lira-Lyre musical

Answer 9

n

la nana

lullaby

Answer 10

antifon=antiphon : a devotional text sung as part of the liturgy

Answer 11

balada = ballad, a narrative set to music

Answer 12

escala = scale The foundation of music that all musicians must study endlessly.

Answer 13

la frecuencia = the frequency

the pitch of the sound

Answer 14

himno=hymn another religious song (and I am not even that religious)

Answer 15

el instrumento de viento - wind instrument