| Z |
after Franklin B. Zimmermann, an American
musicologist, who produced a thematic catalogue (1963)
of music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695); after Benno
Ziegler who catalogued the music of Luigi Boccherini
(1743-1805); after Anita Zakin the cataloguer of the
music of Václav Pichl (1741-1805) |
| Zaabia |
a small gourd rattle from the Dagomba people of
Ghana |
| Zählzeit |
(German) beat |
| Zambomba |
ancient friction drum from Spain used in Christmas
songs |
| Zambra |
Spanish flamenco dance of Moorish origin,
performed primarily by Gypsy women |
| Zamfona |
Galician term for hurdy gurdy |
| Zampogna |
Neapolitan (Italian) bagpipe with 2 drones and 2
conical chanters
more... |
| Zampoña, Zamponia |
South American end-blown tubular aerophone
consisting of several closed pipes of cane, ceramic,
stone or wood, fastened together in two sections, the
upper part (consisting of 7 pipes) commonly called the
ira and the lower part (consisting of 6 pipes)
called the arca, that produces a sound by blowing
across the ends of the pipes |
| Zandunga |
songs and dances of southern Mexico often with
amusing lyrics |
| Zanfona |
see zanfoña |
| Zanfonia |
see zanfoña |
| Zanfoña |
Spanish hurdy gurdy
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| Zapateado |
syncopated solo Spanish clog-dance in triple meter
where heel stamping replaces castanets; tapping or foot
stomping used in Spanish flamenco and Mexican
dancing |
| Za’ pwè |
(Burmese) a troup of entertainers that present a mix
of melodrama, music, dance and clowning
more... |
| Zarabanda |
see 'saraband' |
| Zarb |
Iranian drum made of wood; a single-skinned, lap
drum, also known as a dumbek, a name that comes
from the two principle notes that the drum produces, a
deep thump, dum and a tight snap, bek |
| Zart |
(German) tender, delicate |
| Zartheit |
(German) tenderness |
| Zartlich |
(German) tenderly |
| Zarzuela |
traditional comic even satirical opera from Spain
with spoken dialogue, songs and choruses |
| Zäsur |
(German) caesura |
| Zauberflöte |
(German, literally 'magic flute') 8 foot pitch organ
stop: the pipes are plugged at the end and pierced so
that they produce their 3rd harmonic, the pipe length
adjusted to bring the sounding note at 8 foot pitch |
| Zehn |
(German) ten |
| Zeichen |
(German) sign |
| Zeitmass |
(German) tempo |
| Zelo |
(Italian) zeal |
| Zeloso |
(Italian) zealous |
| Zelosamente |
(Italian) zealously |
| Zhaleika |
Russian wind instruments with a single reed made of
cow horn or wood |
| Zheng |
see guzheng |
| Zhong ruan |
see ruan |
| Zhonghu |
Chinese bowed lute |
| Ziehen |
(German) to draw out |
| Ziehharmonika |
(German) accordion |
| Ziemlich |
(German) rather, somewhat |
| Ziemlich langsam |
(German) rather slow |
| Zierlich |
(German) elegant |
| Zigeuner |
(German) gipsy |
| Zigeunerlied |
(German) gipsy song |
| Zigeunermusik |
(German) gypsy music |
| Zília |
Greek term for finger cymbals |
| Zilaphone |
(Italian) xylophone |
| Zills, Zils |
(German) finger cymbals; Syrian finger cymbals |
| Zimbalon |
sophisticated form of dulcimer found in Hungary and
Romania |
| Zimm |
after Franklin J. Zimmerman the cataloguer of music
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) |
| Zinck, Zink, Zinke |
(German) cornett |
| Zingarese, alla |
(German) in the style of gypsy music |
| Zingaro |
(Italian) male gipsy |
| Zingara |
(Italian) female gipsy |
| Zingla |
Kosovar Albanian small metallic finger cymbals |
| Zirbaghali |
an Afghan goblet-shaped drum with a single head |
| Zither |
a Tyrolean dulcimer bearing about 40 strings
stretched over a closed wooden box: 4 or 5 melody
strings are fretted with the left hand while the
remainder are accompaniment strings
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| Zitternd |
(German) trembling |
| Znamennïy |
style of liturgical chant, that originated in Russia
and developed during the Middle Ages and Baroque
periods, its name deriving from the Russian word meaning
neume |
| Zögernd |
(German) delaying |
| Zongore |
Romanian term for guitars |
| Zopf |
(German, literally 'pigtail') a colloquial term
applied to eighteenth-century art and music |
| Zoppa, alla |
(Italian) with a syncopated or limping rhythm, such
as the Scotch snap (q.v.) |
| Zortziko |
5-in-a-bar Basque folk dance where the second and
fourth beats are generally dotted |
| Zouk |
(Creole, slang word for 'party') modern dance music
from the French-speaking Antilles |
| Zsch |
after Elsa M. Zschinsky-Troxler the cataloguer of
music by Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798) |
| Zu |
(German) to, too, for |
| Zuerst |
(German) first, at first |
| Zug |
(German) to process, to pull |
| Zugeeignet |
(German) dedicated |
| Zugehen |
(German) to go |
| Zugehend |
(German) going |
| Zum |
(German) to the, at the |
| Zumbadera |
Spanish buzzer, a small thin piece of wood tied to a
rope, which is shaken in the air |
| Zumbadora |
see zumbadera |
| Zummarah |
Egyptian double reed pipe |
| Zunge |
(German) tongue, reed |
| Zur |
(German) to the, at the |
| Zurna |
double reed Turkish instrument also found in the
Balkans; Armenian single-reed instrument, used for
celebrations and festivals, but at one time used to
accompany tight-rope walkers with the traveling circus.
It is usually played in a duet where the second zurna
player holds a drone note called dahm |
| Zurück |
(German) back again |
| Zurückgehend |
(German) going back |
| Zurückhaltend |
(German) holding back, slowing down |
| Zurückhaltung |
(German) slowing down, a retardation of the tempo |
| Zusammen |
(German) together |
| Zutraulich |
(German) confidingly, intimately |
| Zuur |
Mongolian flute |
| Zuvor |
(German) before |
| Zvargulu josta |
Latvian belt bearing bells |
| Zwei |
(German) two |
| Zweifach |
(German) twofold |
| Zweihändig |
(German) two-handed |
| Zweimal |
(German) twice |
| Zweistimmung |
(German) two-voiced |
| Zweite |
(German) second: exact form depends on context |
| Zweiunddreissigstel, Zweiunddreissigstelnote |
(German) thirty-second note; a demisemiquaver |
| Zweiunddreissigstelpause |
(German) a demisemiquaver (thirty-second) rest |
| Zwischen |
(German) between, amongst |
| Zwischenspiel |
(German) interlude, for example, between the verses
of a hymn, intermezzo, fugal episodes |
| Zwo |
(German) two |
| Zwölf |
(German) twelve |
| Zwölftonmusik |
(German) twelve-note music |
| Zwote |
(German) second |
| Zydeco |
Cajun accordion-based musical genre from Louisiana
combining blues, rhythm & blues, rock, country &
western, Caribbean and traditional Cajun music |
| Zymbalum |
see zimbalon |
| Zymbel |
(German) cymbal |
