Stuff
(not the newspaper column)
This
is the place where I put all sorts of crazy
stuff.
Can you believe that Bree and David actually had Saint Joe students go to their house to clean up their yard because they were too lazy to do it?!? Wow!!!
[THIS IS FOR PEEWEE]
| rick·ets Pronunciation: 'ri-k&ts Function: noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1634 : a deficiency disease that affects the young during the period of skeletal growth, is characterized especially by soft and deformed bones, and is caused by failure to assimilate and use calcium and phosphorus normally due to inadequate sunlight or vitamin D sca·bies Pronunciation: 'skA-bEz Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural scabies Etymology: Latin, from scabere to scratch Date: 1814 : contagious itch or mange especially with exudative crusts that is caused by parasitic mites (especially Sarcoptes scabiei) |
Music Dictionary
Accelarando: what happens when drummers have to keep a steady beat.
Accidentals: Wrong notes.
Agnus Dei: A woman composer famous for her church music.
Attaca: "Fire at will!"
Audition: the act of putting oneself under extreme duress to satisfy the sadistic intentions of someone who has already made up his mind. (very true)
Bar Line: A gathering of people, usually among which may be found a musician or two.
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.
Cantus Firmus: The part you get when you can only play four notes.
Clef: Something to jump from if you can't sing and you have to teach elementary school.
Conductor: A musician who is adept at following many people at the same time.
Counterpoint: A favorite device of many Baroque composers, all of whom are dead, though no direct connection between these two facts has been established. Still taught in many schools as a form of punishment.
Crescendo: A reminder to the performer that he has been playing too loudly.
Discord: Not to be confused with Datcord.
Dominant: An adjective used to describe the voice of a child who sings off key.
Espressivo: Close eyes and play with a wide vibrato.
Form: 1.The shape of a composition. 2.The shape of the musician playing the composition.
Page Turn: a good way to avoid playing the hard parts.
Tone Cluster: A chordal orgy first discovered by a well-endowed woman pianist leaning forward for a page turn.
Vibrato: Used by singers to hide the fact that they are on the wrong pitch.
Straight tone: Something divas do not possess.
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