Expressions:
FIT AS A FIDDLECLEAR AS A BELL
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE
ROCK AND ROLL SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
MARCHING TO YOUR OWN DRUM
BLOW YOUR OWN HORN
CALL THE TUNE – CHANGE THE TUNE
FACE THE MUSIC FIDDLE WHILE ROME BURNS
FINE TUNING
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO
PLAY BY EAR
HIT THE RIGHT NOTE
SWAN SONG
TOOT YOUR HORN
TICKLE THE IVORIES
TIGHT AS A DRUM
WHISTLING DIXIE
LIKE A BROKEN RECORD |
Song Titles
with Musical References:
SINGING IN THE RAIN
DO RE ME
UNCHAINED MELODY (Righteous brothers) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (BILL HALEY & THE COMETS) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG (THE FUGEES) [PUT ANOTHER NIKEL IN] MUSIC! Music! Music! (Teresa Brewer) GOOD VIBRATIONS (Beach Boys)
DON’T STOP THE MUSIC (RIHANNA)
ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND (BING CROSBY & CONNEE BOSWELL)
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (QUEEN)
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (WOODY
HERMAN)
DANCING QUEEN (ABBA)
SYMPHONY (FREDDIE MARTIN) RHAPSODY IN BLUE (GEORGE GERSHWIN)
MOON LIGHT SERANADE (GLEN MILLER)
RING MY BELL (ANITA Ward)
Rock & roll music (beatles)
MR TAMBOURINE MAN (THE BYRDS)
I’VE GOT RHYTHM (TED NICHOLS) |
Musical terminology: these could be applied to
figurative or abstract work.
accelerato: suddenly increasing the tempo
adagio: at ease; i.e., play slowly affannato, affannoso: anguished affetto: with affect (that is, with emotion); con affetto : with emotion allargando: broadening, becoming a little slower each time allegretto vivace: a moderately quick tempo bravura: boldness; as in con bravura, boldly
capriccio: "A humorous, fanciful, or bizarre,
composition, often characterized by an idiosyncratic departure from current
stylistic norms."
doloroso: sorrowfully, plaintively improvvisato: improvised, or as if improvised mano destra: [played with the] right hand (abbreviation: MD or m.d.) mano sinistra: [played with the] left hand (abbreviation: MS or m.s.) marcatissimo: with much accentuation mezzo: half; used in combinations like mezzo forte (mf), meaning moderately loud pastorale: in a pastoral style, peaceful and simple ritornello : a recurring passage for orchestra in the first or final movement of a solo concerto or aria (also in works for chorus) · scherzo: a light, "joking" or playful musical form, originally and usually in fast triple metre, often replacing the minuet in the later Classical period and the Romantic period, in symphonies, sonatas, string quartets and the like; in the 19th century some scherzi were independent movements for piano, etc |